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Acanthophthalmus anguillaris
Most commonly found in shallow, slow-moving sections of streams or calm habitats such as swamps, meanders and backwaters.
These are often densely vegetated or spread with submerged roots, twigs and leaf litter with substrates composed of soft mud, sand or silt within which fish hide.
In the highly diverse area of Danau Sentarum National Park and Kapuas Lakes, Kalimantan Barat P. anguillaris occurs sympatrically with several other species, including Cyclocheilichthys janthochir, 'Puntius'anchisporus, 'P.'kuchingensis, 'P.'lineatus, 'P. ' rhomboocellatus , ' P. ' trifasciatus , Brevibora dorsiocellata , Rasbora cephalotaenia , R. sarawakensis , Trigonopoma gracile , T. pauciperforatum , Barbucca diabolica , Nemacheilus saravacensis , N. spiniferus , Kottelatlimia pristes , Pangio malayana , P. oblonga , P. semicincta , P. semicincta P. shelfordii , Chaca bankanensis , Hemirhamphodon pogonognathus , Betta dimidiata , B. pinguis and Luciocephalus pulcher .
Use a soft, sandy substrate, as this species likes to dig and tends to spend part of its time completely buried. When coarser gravel is used, it can be stressed or damaged, and feeding behavior can be inhibited.
Some roots and trunk branches, placed in such a way that many shadow spots are formed, can be used to add structure to the display and the addition of dry burlap would provide additional coverage and help to simulate natural conditions.
Fairly dim lighting is also preferable and aquatic plants such as Microsorum, Taxiphyllum and Cryptocoryne spp. can be added.
Temperature: 22 - 29 °C
pH: 6.0 - 7.5
Hardness: 0 - 143 ppm
Reaches 10-12cm.
Ficha Técnica
- Nome da Espécie: Pangio anguillaris
- Ordem: Cypriniformes//Cobitidae
- Autor: (VAILLANT, 1902)
- Intervalo de pH: 6.0 -7.5
- Intervalo de Temperatura: 22-29ºC
- Dureza: 0 -143 ppm
- Tamanho adulto: 100-120 mm.(cm)
- Aquário recomendado: 60L+
