FreshwaterBrackish
Golden panchax
Pachypanchax playfairii
Aplocheilidae
Facts
Characteristics
- Length
- Up to 10 cm
- Body shape
- Streamlined
Care
- Group
- Missing
- Smallest aquarium
- 38 liters
- Diet
- Missing
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Behavior
Water values
Smallest tank
Range
More about the species
Description
Occurs in small fresh and brackish water streams. 10 cm max TL. Also inhabit ponds. Feeds on worms, crustaceans, insects and fish. Not a seasonal killifish. Is easy to maintain in the aquarium.
Other names
Other scientific names
- Haplochilus playfairii
- Pachypanchax playfairi
- Panchax playfairii
In other languages
- Pricktandkarp
- Rødprikket panchax
- Käpykilli, Käpykala
- Playfair's panchax
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