Marbled Headstander Fish

Another species regularly seen in the hobby is abramites hypselonotus commonly called the marbled headstander.

Marbled headstander fish. They are very hardy and usually have interesting patterns plus they swimming around with their heads pointed down. Less common is the initially similar anostomus ternetzi. This fish inhabits the river basins of the amazon and orinoco rivers and can also be found in the open waterways and floodplains during the rainy season. Exported as an aquarium fish ref.

Greek abramis idos a fish grey mullet ref. Williams 1987 proceedings of the biological society of washington 100 1. The headstander is a fairly large fish. However this seldom gets bigger than 12 5cm 5.

They are predominantly found in shallow streams with strong currents and a lot of algae which they feed off of. Abramites hypselonotus picture by hippocampus bildarchiv. They come from south america and prefer slightly acidic water with medium hardness. Marbled headstander tropical fish learn all about the marbled headstander s feeding habits and food types its behaviour its origins its natural habitats is it male or female breeding advice and information suitable tank mates its sizing and growth range minimum tank size water ph and more.

Peruvian amazon ansp 21434 ref. Abramites hypselonotus known as the marbled headstander or the high backed headstander is a member of the family anostomidae of the order characiformes under normal fish classifying rules you would gather from its upturned mouth and long streamlined body that the marbled headstander is a surface dweller. Marbled headstander upload your photos and videos pictures google image. The marbled headstander can be found extensively throughout south america namely in countries such as colombia peru brazil bolivia and venezuela.

Milieu climate zone depth range distribution. It also it lacks the red fins of its larger relative but is a more peaceful fish. Headstanders are good aquarium fish. Marbled headstander synonymstop.

But they now live in aquariums all over the world. Phylogenetic relationships within the south american fish family anostomidae teleostei ostariophysi characiformes. Use our fish community creator tool to plan your tank set up and ensure that the marbled. Headstanders are caught by skillful fish collectors in south america and so are wild fish.