Pearl cichlid
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Pearl cichlid ( Herichthys cyanoguttatus ) |
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| Baird & Girard , 1854 |
The pearl cichlid ( Herichthys cyanoguttatus , syn .: Cichlasoma cyanoguttatum ) is a freshwater fish from the family of cichlids . The species originally comes from the lower reaches of the Rio Grande in Texas and the northeast of Mexico , but was introduced to the Edwards Plateau and Florida , among others . Pearl cichlids are the only cichlids that are native to the USA .
features
Pearl cichlids have a gray base color with bright blue scales and two dark spots, one in the middle and the other at the base of the caudal fin. Adult males have a hump on their foreheads. The animals reach a total length of 30 centimeters. They prefer a water temperature of 20 to 33 ° C, a pH value of 6.5 to 7.5 and a water hardness of 5 to 12 dH .
Multiplication
Percichlids are quite fertile, they can also be easily reproduced in the aquarium. Adult animals pair and become territorial. The female sticks up to 1000 eggs on a clean, flat surface. The eggs are aggressively guarded by both parents, the larvae hatch after 3–5 days and grow quickly.
Aquarium keeping
The pearl cichlid is a common aquarium fish that should only be kept in aquariums with at least 200 liters of water. They dig in the ground and uproot plants in the process, but mostly get along with other fish of similar size. The diet is simple as they accept flake, frozen and live food.
Web links
- Herichthys cyanoguttatus inthe IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: NatureServe, 2011. Retrieved February 10, 2014.
- Video: Herichthys cyanoguttatus (Baird and Girard) - Fight between two males . Institute for Scientific Film (IWF) 1956, made available by the Technical Information Library (TIB), doi : 10.3203 / IWF / E-91 .
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Pearl cichlid on Fishbase.org (English)