I do love the way they playfully dance along the top of the tank, in the wild they do this to catch bugs and larva. Aquazone says they are hard to breed, but with these setting I had 2 fry in 2 weeks! The Silver Hatchet is very easy keeping and is the second fish in the "Green" series.
Real Life Info
Family: Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes) picture (Gaste_u2.jpg) by JJPhoto
Order: Characiformes
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: River hatchetfish
Max. size: 3.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 39056)
Environment: pelagic; freshwater; pH range: 6.0 - 7.0; dH range: 15.0
Climate: tropical; 23 - 27°C
Importance: aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Distribution:
Gazetteer South America: Peruvian Amazon, middle Amazon, Guyanas and Venezuela.
Biology: Gregarious, can sometimes be aggressive or calm. Frequents slow-flowing waters of creeks and swamps (Ref. 27188). Lives in groups at the surface. It is capable of capturing small aerial insects. The females are bigger than the males. Feeds on worms, crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). Has not been bred in captivity (Ref. 27188). Aquarium speciemens reach 6.5 cm. TL (Ref. 7020).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Citation: Planquette, P., P. Keith and P.-Y. Le Bail, 1996. Atlas des poissons d'eau douce de Guyane (tome 1).. Collection du Patrimoine Naturel, vol.22. IEGB-M.N.H.N., INRA, CSP, Min. Env., Paris. 429 p.
Source of Information Found :
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2003. FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version 21 April 2003
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