Marbled Hatchetfish
Family: Gasteropelecidae
Species: Carnegiella strigata strigata
Size: 4.5cm (1 three quarter inch)
Diet: Omnivorous
Tank levels: Upper
Habitat: Streams and rivers throughout Amazonia and Guyana
Remarks: Floating plants will provide the shade required for this subspecies.
Comments: This fish is very deep-bodied with a flat dorsal contour. The colour is normally silvery purple, but this specimen is showing green background colours. A dark line runs from the eye to the caudal peduncle, below which several dark, broken lines cross the lower body. Another dark line curves up along the front of the body. Pectoral fins are very well developed, whereas the pelvic fins are hardly noticeable. Very trange fish to watch and look at.
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