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Characteristics
Length
Up to 70 cm
Body shape
Streamlined
Care
Group
Missing
Smallest aquarium
7,228 liters
Diet
Missing

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Behavior
Temperament
Semi-aggressive
Swims
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Water values
Temperature
Tolerates17–35 °C
pH
–
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Smallest tank
118 cm350 cm175 cm
7,228 liters350 × 175 × 118 cmBased on one fish
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Range
Native

Lives wild in Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, and 29 more countries.

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Description

Adults inhabit marshes, muddy ponds and channels with a salinity range of 0 to 21 ppt, up to 38.4 ppt in some cases. Mostly found in fresh water but also in brackish mangrove areas. They ascend upstream but remain in the lower reaches. Sexually mature after one year. Gonads develop during the dry season. Average size at maturity is 5.1 cm for males, 4.5 cm for females. Omnivorous, adults feed mainly on plants, sediments and invertebrates. They undergo coloration change during reproduction, carrying out a complex nuptial parade. Adults guard the nest. Egg is 0.3 mm, incubation time is 11 to 16 hours at 27°C.

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Other scientific names

  • Batanga pleurops
  • Dormitator lineatus
  • Dormitator lophocephalus
  • Dormitator macrophthalmus
  • Dormitator microphthalmus
  • Dormitator pleurops

In other languages

  • Plettet sovekutling
  • Kyrmytorkkuja, Jättitorkkuja, Täplätorkkuja
  • Pacific sleeper
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