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Name
Scientific name
Acestrorhynchus isalineae
Described by
Authority Menezes & Géry, Year 1983
Family
Acestrorhynchidae
Common names
Striped Barracuda Tetra, Zweistreifen Hundssalmler
Photograph credits
All 3 credited
Summary
The striped barracuda tetra, Acestrorhynchus isalineae, is a small predatory acestrorhynchid from the rio Madeira basin in the Brazilian Am…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
105mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 120 cm, Minimum depth 45 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 24–28°C, pH 6–7.5
Hardness
1–12dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Predatory
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Brazil, Amazon, dos Marmelos, Madeira
Writing
Etymology
Acestrorhynchus: from the Greek akéstra (Gr. ἀκέστρα), meaning 'darning needle' and rhýnchos (Gr. ῥύγχος), meaning 'snout', in reference to the presence of sha…
Distribution
The type series was collected from 'tributary of Rio dos Marmelos, Rio Madeira basin, 110 kilometers east of Humaitá along rodovia Transamazônica, Amazonas Sta…
Habitat
Not written yet
Aquarium size
Acestrorhynchids are typically very active and extremely fast swimmers so minimum base dimensions in the region of 120 ∗ 45 cm are required even for a smaller …
Maintenance
The aquarium should ideally be designed to resemble a flowing stream or river with a substrate of variably-sized rocks, sand, fine gravel, and some larger wate…
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
An obligate piscivore capable of consuming quite large prey in relation to its body size. Newly-imported specimens may refuse to accept anything but live fishe…
Behaviour and compatibility
Relatively peaceful with anything too large to swallow and can be maintained in a community provided tankmates are chosen with care. Aggressively territorial o…
Sexual dimorphism
Sexually mature females tend to grow a little larger and be deeper-bodied than males.
Reproduction
Observations of the congener A. falcatus suggest that spawning occurs in midwater with the female remaining stationary while the male swims around her in a 'fi…
Notes
This species is a member of the putative 'A. nasutus group' of closely-related species within the genus alongside A. nasutus, A. maculipinna and A. falcirostri…
References
References
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