Sexing these fish isn t too hard and they are easy to mate.
Marble hatchet bubbles on fins.
These fish grow to about 2 3 inches long.
Caring and feeding for your hatchet fish should be fairly simple.
Two horizontal fins are attached above the gills.
Gasteropelecus fasciatus garman 1890.
Females are larger too potentially reaching 4 5 inches.
Females have an anal fin that spreads into a fan whereas a male s is pointier.
Carnegiella strigata marble hatchet fish wc 1 1 4 6 each 8 5 each chilodus punctatus spotted head stander wc 2 1 2 3 15 each 6 12 each hassemania nambiquara wc 3 4 1 25 each 6 22 each hemigrammus bleheri rummy nose tetra wc 1 4 each 8 3 75 each.
Carnegiella strigata vesca fraser brunner 1950.
But the marble hatchet also boasts a subtle rainbow of colors that dresses its stunningly shiny brown body.
The marble hatchetfish or hatchet is a very popular species of fish due to its unique body shape.
Like other hatchetfish the carnegiella strigata has a slender body with a deep belly pectoral fins set very high on the body.
Carnegiella strigata günther 1864 marbled hatchetfish synonymstop.
In general hatchet fish do not have the reputation as being one of the hardier species to keep in the home aquarium but the marble hatchet fish seems to do better than the other hatchet fish.
The ph of the water should be maintained close to neutral value and generally they prefer soft water around 4 8 dgh particularly the silver hatchet fish and the marbled hatchet fish since they are top dwellers and remain at that.
Occasionally small crustaceans are.
They are actually great swimmers and are kept as aquarium pets.
Common hatchet fishes are carnivorous and eat flies fruit flies are the best mosquitoes and their larvae.
Eigenmann for the type species c.
Their tails are simple and y shaped.
The marble hatchet fish is a truly unique looking fish that will always hang out at the top of your tank.
Carnegiella strigata marowini hoedeman 1952.
Bluegill sunfish lrg pumpkinseed sunfish med blue channel catfish.
Males grow to 3 inches.
The marbled hatchetfish carnegiella strigata is a small normally 3 5 cm 1 4 in in length freshwater ray finned fish native to south america hatchet shaped it presents a gold line extending from its eye to its caudal fin while the area below has a brown and cream colored marble like pattern hence its name.
The marble hatchet also has a rainbow of colors that dresses its stunningly shiny brown body.
Gasteropelecus strigatus günther 1864.
High fin banded goby link s goby rainford s goby hector s goby purple firefish red firefish.
Green bubble anemone rose bubble anemone rainbow rose bubble anemone long tentacle anemone.
The dorsal fin can be raised as a fan resembling the caudal fin or flatter against the body.
Like other hatchetfish carnegiella strigata has a slender body with a deep belly and pectoral fins set high on the body.
Silver hatchet marble hatchet native.
The marble hatchet is among the more popular species of fish thanks to its unique shape.