Nannostomus eques
Hockeystick Pencilfish
March 13th, 2012 — 1:22pm
This species has been referred to the genera Poecilobrycon and Nannobrycon in the past and in the aquarium hobby is also known as ‘rocket’, ‘brown’, ‘brown-tailed’, ‘diptail’, or ‘tubemouth’ pencilfish.It’s a popular aquarium fish and has an interesting oblique swimming-style, a behavioural trait shared only with N. unifasciatus among congeners.
In the original description the colour pattern is given by Steindachner as a brown lateral stripe exte…
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