Freshwater
Blue notobranch
Nothobranchius jubbi
Nothobranchiidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 6 cm
- Body shape
- Elongated
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 8 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
It occurs in temporary pools, swamps and ditches or rain pans, usually without connection to river courses. The adults die when waterbodies dry out with low rainfall. Males display to attract ripe females, pair off and spawn, grasping the female by folding over the large dorsal and anal fins. Spawning occurs daily for an extended period with a few eggs laid at a time. It is a bottom spawner and development is suspended when the water bodies dry out. The eggs hatch the following rainy season when the pan fills, the fish growing to maturity in a few weeks. It are aggressive predators on insects and other aquatic invertebrates; therefore it is used for mosquito larva control. It is easy to maintain in the aquarium and thus a popular aquarium fish.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Nothobranchius cyaneus
- Nothobranchius jubbi jubbi
- Nothobranchius neumanni
- Notobranchius cyaneus
- Notobranchius jubbi
In other languages
- Metalliviuhkapyrstö, Neonviuhkapyrstö
Articles
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