KnifefishOrders: Osteoglossiforms and Gymnotiformes
Family: NotopteridaeClown Knifefish - (albino)Chitala ornataPhoto © Animal-World: Courtesy Pavaphon Supanantananont ...
The Knifefish makes for an interesting (and large!) addition to the home aquarium
by Mike McEwan ...
Asian Knifefish [ Pictures ]
Notopterus notopterus
SYN : Gymnotusnotopterus
PD : This elongated, laterally compressed fish has an arched back The body coloring is brown-violet to brown and the fins are lighter.
Knifefish, African Kenomystus nigri 8' 75-80
OK with fish of similar size; adults can be kept with large fish; once adapted hardy and long lived; provide hiding spots; most active at night; quarrelsome among themselves; feed frozen foods ...
Most knifefish species come from Southeast Asia, specifically Thailand, Borneo, Malaysia, India, and Sumatra.
These fish usually are found in lakes, swamps, and river backwaters. They prefer still waters and can survive with low oxygen.
Clown Knifefish
Age of Aquariums Freshwater Fish Clown Knifefish - Chitala ornata ...
African Knifefish enjoy the normal frozen fish foods, and fish. These include beef heart, blood worms, muscles, earth worms, and occasionally flakes. They have a narrow temperature acceptance, from 72 to 80 degrees fahrenheit.
Marbled Knifefish, Reticulate knifefish, Arowana knifefish
Scientific name
Papyrocranus afer ...
Black Ghost Knifefish
Scientific Name: Apteronotus albifrons
Family: Apteronotidae
About the Black Ghost Knifefish
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Ancient Fish ...
Knifefish - Eats live foods exclusively.
Oscar - Accepts all types of meaty foods.
Pencilfish - Feed small live foods.
Royal knifefish (Chitala blanci) from Thailand and Laos, and a large flowerhorn cichlid.
Peacock bass (Cichla ocellaris)
We wound through the galleries looking at more and more fish. Some were in cylindrical tanks....
Black Ghost Knifefish
by IO20414-at-MAINE.MAINE.EDU (28 Jan 93)
Black Ghost: Help needed with tank
by cowan-at-balsam.pinetree.org (Darin Cowan) (Fri, 11 Jun 93)
Black Ghost Knifefish ...
As with all Knifefish this species is an electric fish. They use a small electrical current to help them locate food and to help them navigate through their environments. No need to worry however, the current is barely detectable...it won't hurt you.
I have successfully raised a oscar and knifefish together with a tire tread eel and large pleco. They are a happy peaceful family. The trick is to get them young and near in size with the oscar a bit smaller.
Common Names: Barred knifefish , Mottled Knife Fish
Synonyms: Brachyhypopomus elegans, Steatogenys elegansis, Steatogenes elegans, Rhamphichthys mirabilis, Rhamphichthys elegans,
Family: Hypopomidae ...
hes about 4 inches, has great color, and is making a great tankmate for my clown knifefish. hes also in the tank with a tiger oscar. believe it or not everyone is getting along. i havent tried frozen foods, but he seems to like guppies.
My banded knifefish and all. But it didn't. Currently its livin with them along with a new addition of A threadfin paradise. Its not ugly..It really has a beautiful body with gold bands... Really weird yet attractive.
1 x delhezi bichir
1 x senegal bichir
2 x butterfly fsh
1 x African knifefish
1 x elephant-nose
1 x african leaf fish (Polycentropsis abbreviata) other 4 died one by one for unknown reasons over the last 8 months ...
This behavior shows that the fish can chose when to emit electric shocks and that it is not a involuntary reaction. Unlike knifefishes (which also have electrical capabilities), ...
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