Black Spotted EelPolka Dot Eel ~ Spotted Spiny Eel
Family: Mastacembelidae
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Black Spot General Description
A disease caused by the larvae of parasitic digenetic flukes, Cercaria and Metacercaria.
Black Spot Barb: Puntius filamentosus
The Black Spot Barb is found in southern and southwest India, and in Sri Lankan mountain streams.
Black Spot
Often used to refer to the black cysts caused by the intermediate stages of trematodes in fish.
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Small fish worms (Diplostomulum).
Red streaks on fins, especially goldfish.
Black Spot
DISEASE Caused by the larval stage of digenetic fluke parasites, such as Clinostomum, Posthodiplostomum and Dipplostomum.
SYMPTOMS Black color cysts develop on the body and fins.
Black spots with a pepper-like appearance.
Faded colors
Flaking, inflammation or hemorrhaging of the skin
Scratching
Ragged fins
Lethargy
Loss of appetite
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Black spot algae: Black spot algae form small, black spots on plant leaves. The cause of black algae is unclear, but excess nutrients (nitrate) and light help its spread. Control is very difficult, the best means to take is to remove affected leaves.
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Symptoms: Small black specks on the body.
Treatment: Black spot is generally easy to cure. There are a number of commercially available treatments,and preventatives.
Females have a black spot above their urogenital pore and are less colorful. Males have deeper colors and their anal fin has a black hue with an orange line in the middle. To spawn condition males and females in separate tanks for 2 weeks.
In reference to the black spots on the gill plates.
Conservation Status:
This species is on the IUCN Red List as Critically Endangered (CR A2c).
I got mine because the > > females has an interesting spattering of black spots all over the flanks and > > head. These get darker when the females breed. > > Hi > > So then in is tru. It really is a wild form of cacatuoides.
The small and rounded dorsal fin shows a black spot. On some fish (most of mine) this black spot has a red ring around it, the only bit of color in the fish. The anal fin of females (only) also has this spot. The belly to the gill plates is white.
The sides are Silver Green or Silver Brown and the field of the body is marked with large round Black spots. The color on the fins is variable, but never highly colored and usually transparent.
Just like a Jaguar it will have a tan or golden base color and darker brown or black spots all over. There will be a more boldly splotched line down the center of the sides. The spots can be very loose or tight in closeness.
Both males and females also have a black spot at the base of the dorsal fin. They may also have black spots around the top of the head too. They are very active and are therefore best in tanks over 56.8 Litres (15 US G.) despite their size.
Also, on each side of the body and tail, there is a black spot. The dorsal side of the Jack Dempsey Cichlid has dark stripes. Their scales have greenish-yellow spots, which form a sharp contrast to the dark color of the fish.
Coloration: A brilliant green coloration with smaller black spots forming lines running horizontally on body. One larger black spot centrally located in the middle of the body.
One of the more striking knifefish, their bodies have a series of black spots, which vary in pattern between fish. They are very greedy feeders and hence require a good filtration system.
Caudal fin with transverse black bar across peduncle and round or square black spot on middle of each lobe. Dorsal fin with black spot on distal part of anterior rays. Anal fin with 4-5 simple rays, 9-11 branched rays.
All species are somewhat disk-shaped and share the "flag" signal, being a very conspicuous black spot on the dorsal fin, usually underlined by a white or sometimes yellow zone and tipped with white depending upon species.
On the base of the tail black spots can appear with different brown, red, blue drawings.
They also have a black spot on the front of the dorsal fin. Although the Royal Gramma can reach 5 inches in the wild it usually only reaches about 3 inches in captivity.
A healthy young fish should be a brownish-tan with a black spot on each side of its body, and one on each side of the base of the tail.
Black Spot, fin rot and degradation of the skin. In essence, Vitamin C treats bacterial infections and others as well, as explained in the article refered to. It is free for reading, downloading and printing on your local devices.
Males possess some extended caudal rays in the upper lobe and black spots on the dorsal fin, while females exhibit a black blotch on the dorsal fin, as well as on the caudal fin base. Like P.
This decorative plant has elliptical black spots on elongated reddish-brown or bright green leaves. The spots are darker on younger leaves, but remain even on mature leaves and even under low light conditions.
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Black spots travel along the lower body, starting behind the pectoral fin, and a black band reaches across the caudal end of the body. A gold and a green variety are also available in the aquarium trade.
The Green Scat is a bronze to brown color with dark green to black spots covering the entire body. The Ruby Scat is a bronze to brown color with flecks of red over the body.
This species is of typical elongated tetra appearance; it is light tan in appearance with two distinct black spots (one before the tail and another below the dorsal fin). The dorsal fin is bright red.
The Odessa Barb is sometimes known as the Scarlet Barb, and the body of the female is silver and pink with a black spot above the pectoral fin.
Etymology: nigripinnis(L): with black spots
Synonyms: Paratilapia nigripinnis, Boulenger, 1901, Limnochromis nigripinnis, Boulenger, 1901, Cyprichromis nigripinnis, Boulenger, 1901 ...
The black spot is the dark eyes of the babies which show through the skin of the female.
They differ from the pygmy corydoras in the fact that they are speckled with black spots and have a blotchy line running from head to tail, whereas the pygmy corydoras have a single solid black stripe running from head to tail.
Sex differences: Males exhibit blue/green fins with a black spot in the anal. Adult males obtain long filaments on the caudal fin. Females are gray and display a beautiful black and white dorsal fin.
Leopard Catfish (Corydoras aeneus): The body colouring of this fish has a grey - brown sheen, with black spots allover. It is very similar to other Corydoras.
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nigrita has a dark gray background with black spots on the body and fins, giving it a ''lace-like'' appearance, hence the common name: ''lace catfish''. Humeral process ends in a point, sweeping up in a curve on the bottom edge.
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This angel fish symptom includes body sores, black spots and tumors. This too is caused by a parasite and can cause the animal's eyes to pop out if the parasite or worms move to the eye. This angel fish ailment generally can't be cured.
Some will develop patches of color, patches of black, black spots and sometimes even faint black stripes on their journey to adult colors. Males will develop an impressive nuchal hump as they grow.
Long-bodied and single-tailed like a Common Goldfish, but brightly colored in blue, red, yellow, brown, violet, with black spots on body and tail.
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The body is translucent olive. Usually the dark stripe down the side is a little clearer than shown here. The white crescent arching around a black spot at the base of the tail makes it easy to identify.
Males become bright red, while females remain olive or gold: both sexes have a prominent black spot near the base of the tail. Available in several selectively-bred color patterns and long-finned varieties.
The symptoms are body sores, bloody spots,staggering, black spots,tumors that have erupted, emaciation or scale protrusion, loss of fins. Usually this is introduced with other fish and is considered incurable.
Description: See pictures, 2 subspecies have been described, Hemigammus ocellifer ocellifer, and Hemigrammus ocellifer falsus, Meinken, 1958. Hemigrammus ocellifer falsus doesn't have the black spot on the side.
It is generally of peaceful temperament, which makes it a good choice for a community tank. C. asellus exhibits a trademark black spot between its anal and caudal fin.
The wild Montezuma most resembles what is sold today as the green swordtail. However, the wild fish is larger, and in addition to the green body color it has a number of black spots - most evident on the male.
The ephippial females of most Daphnids are easy to tell from their live-bearing counterparts because the developing ephippium is visible as a black spot towards the rear end of the animal.
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