Clown Knife Fish

Clown Knife Fish
Scientific Name:- Notopterus Chilata
Distribution:- Thailand, India, Malaysia, Sumatra, and Borneo
Size:- Up to 40" (100cm) in the wild
Common Names:- Clown Knife Fish, Featherback Fish, Spotted Knife Fish ...

Clown Knife Fish - Chitala ornata
Species name: Chitala ornata
Synonym: Mystus chitala, Chitala chitala, Notopterus chilata, Notopterus chitala, Notopterus maculatus, Notopterus buchanani, Chitala lopis ...

Clown Knife Fish are extremely picky eaters. In their natural habitat, they are exclusive piscavores, and this can become a problem in the home aquarium.

Clown Knife Fish are finicky eaters, mostly prefering live food. If you are lucky, you can get them to eat frozen cocktail shrimp, bologna, etc.
Contributed by Kim ...

The contents of their tanks reflect their interests, and I made some notes of what they had in stock when I visited: In one tank alone they had large Exodon paradoxis (buck-toothed tetras), clown knife fish, archer fish, ...

I own two Clown Knife fish that I purchased about 5 months ago from a local pet store. (The told me the specimens were "African Clown Knife fish") -shrug- Anyway, I was wondering if the Black spotted Eel would get along with my Knife fish?

clown knife fish = Notopterus chitala
Pictus catfish = Pimellodella pictus
Columbian catfish = Arius jordani
black ghost knife = Sternarchus albifrons
African knives = Xenomystus nigri
neon tetra = Hyphessobrycon innesi ...

Other family members include the (Chitala chitala), also known as the clown knife fish, Chitala lopis, or the giant featherback, Notopterus notopterus, or the bronze knife fish, and the Xenomystus nigri or the African knife fish.

See also: Clown Knife, Water, Aquarium, Fish, Species