African Butterfly Fish

African Butterfly Fish Diet
They will relish live insects and live fish but they will also appreciate freeze-dried, frozen and flake food once accustomed. They eat best when the food floats past their eye.
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African Butterfly Fish
African Butterfly Fish
By: racial fish
Common Name: African Butterfly Fish
Latin Name: Pantodon Buchholzi
Origin: Western Africa, stillmoving waters
Temperature: 78-80°F 26-27°C
Ease Of Keeping: Moderate ...

African Butterfly Fish

Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish African Butterfly Fish - Pantodon buchholzi ...

African Butterfly Fish
A unique freshwater fish that has an inconspicuously large mouth. Beware if housing it with smaller species.
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AFRICAN BUTTERFLY FISH by Joe Gallo
Summary: The African Butterfly Fish, Pantodon buchholzi, is a fascinating surface-dwelling fish. They can occasionally be difficult to feed and will often not tolerate other surface-dwelling fish.

African Butterfly Fish
Butterfly Fish
Freshwater Butterfly Fish
Pantodontidae ...

The African Butterfly Fish will grow to an average mature length of four to five inches. Males will have larger pectoral fins than females, and the male has an indented anal fin, while the female's is straight edged.

Size - Weight: The African Butterfly Fish generally get up to 4 inches (10 cm) in the aquarium. Most of the Butterfly Fish that we have seen are full grown or close to it.

African Butterfly Fish - Pantodon buchholzi
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I have three African butterfly fish in my 46 bow front. It is heavily planted with a fair amount of water sprite that has floated to the top from my two other plants.

Pantodon buchholzi, Peters, 1876
African Butterfly Fish
Origin: Tropical Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Congo, Kongo. These fish predominantly occur in standing, or slowly flowing, shallow forest waters, which are densely grown.

FISH:
African tetras, Mormyrids, African Knifefish, African Butterfly fish, Synodontis, Hemichromis, Pelvicachromis, Tilapia ...

See also: Fish, Butterfly Fish, Water, Aquarium, Species