Edit Lepidocephalichthys cf. irrorata
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Name
Scientific name
Lepidocephalichthys cf. irrorata
Described by
Authority Hora, Year 1921
Family
Cobitidae
Common names
Loktak Loach
Photograph credits
All 4 credited
Summary
The Loktak loach, Lepidocephalichthys irrorata, is a small cobitid from north-eastern India and Bangladesh. Hora described it as widely dis…
Size and aquarium
Maximum size
30mm, standard length
Aquarium size
Minimum length 45 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm
Water
Water conditions
Temperature 20–25°C, pH 5.5–7.5
Hardness
2–15dGH
Conductivity
Not recorded
Behaviour
Temperament
Not recorded
Social needs
A shoal or group
Community suitability
Not for a community
Where it lives
Countries, regions, rivers and lakes
Not recorded
Writing
Etymology
Not written yet
Distribution
Currently considered to have a relatively wide distribution in the Brahamaputra River basin and has been recorded in the Muhuri and Sylhet river systems in Ban…
Habitat
The majority of congeners tend to inhabit shallow, slow-moving sections of streams or calm habitats such as swamps, oxbows, backwaters and paddy fields. These …
Aquarium size
Base dimensions of 45 ∗ 30 cm or more are required.
Maintenance
Should not prove difficult to keep but must be provided with a soft, sandy substrate since some of its time will be spent completely buried, or with only eyes …
Water conditions
Not written yet
Diet
Probably a micropredator sifting mouthfuls of substrate through the gills from which insect larvae, small crustaceans and suchlike are extracted. In the aquari…
Behaviour and compatibility
Lepidocephalichthys spp. are peaceful both with one another and other fishes and there exist no reports of them harming tankmates though they may prey on eggs …
Sexual dimorphism
In mature males the pectoral fins are enlarged with fused, thickened innermost (7th and 8th) rays forming a structure known as the lamina circularis. This gene…
Reproduction
Unrecorded.
Notes
This species is not traded often but may occasionally be exported as bycatch among shipments of other species. It can be distinguished from congeners by the fo…
References
References
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