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Nandus sp. Andrewi, Slatey leaf fish
Matt Clarke on the Slatey blue Nandus, a new and undescribed species that's recently gone on sale in the shops here.

 


Leaf fish, Nandus leaf fish; Bedula hamiltonii, Coius nandus, Nandus marmoratus
Species / Type:
Community [Large Fish] types require fish of equal or large size to co-habitat with to ensure any of the inhabitants are not killed or overly harassed.

Leaf Fish
The color of the Leaf Fish, also known as the Leaf Scorpionfish, or Paper Fish, varies between red, yellow, brown, or blue.
A 30 gallon or larger aquarium with live rock is suitable for this fish.

Schomburgk's Leaf Fish [ Pictures ]
Polycentrus schomburgki
SYN : Polycentrustricolor
PD : A stocky, high-backed fish with lateral compression. The body is oval-shaped and the caudalfin is fan-shaped.

THE FISH All Leaf Fish (in the database) South American Leaf Fish Below is a list of all breeds of fish (in the database) ...

The young look a little like leaf fish with a goldfish yellow color that is dotted with white through out. A darker shading near their belly area will develop into the “sideways” teardrop shape seen in the adults.

Leaf Fish - Monocirrhus polyacanthus
Leeri Gourami - Trichogaster leeri
Leleupi - Neolamprologus leleupi
Lemon Algae Eater - Gyrinocheilus aymonieri
Lemon Cichlid - Neolamprologus leleupi
Lemon Fin Barb - Barbus daruphani ...

But other fish are a little more sneaky: clown knives, arawanas, African clawed frogs, leaf fish and garfish have much larger mouths than it at first appears.

Comments: this guy knows his stuff and is a pro at raising chiclids and exotic species like leaf fish, saltwater sharks, rainbow fish, and predators like gars and arowanas.

Leaf fish can only be fed live food, juveniles will accept small live food like bloodworms. Older specimens are more picky, and require live fish.

The other brackish water species, including Scats, Anableps, Archers, Glass Fish, Leaf Fish, Ropefish, Puffers, Eels, Gobies, Monos, Flounders, Mudskippers, White-tipped Catfish, and Gars, ...

The color of the Leaf Scorpionfish, also known as the Leaf Fish, or Paper Fish, varies between red, yellow, brown, or blue.

My original plan was to do leaf fish, which did not work. They died, and I'm not sure why. The water conditions were good, nitrates never got over 10 ppm, and they weren't being harassed by the pike or the angels.

THE LEOPARD BUSHFISH Ctenopoma acutirostre by David Marshall
Summary: These African labyrinth fish resemble the South American leaf fish. They spawn in captivity, but it is difficult to raise the fry.

Guyana leaf Fish - Polycentrus schomburgkii
Indonesian Datnoid - Coius microlepis
Nigers Snakehead - Parachanna africana
Ornate Bichir - Polypterus ornatipinnis
Pink Tailed Chalceus - Chalceus macrolepidotus
Silver Datnoid - Coius quadrifasciatus ...

At dusk: this should have been a day full of "catches and fishes" but, in the end, all we've got are (before the "night float") some characins and Apistos plus 1 (one!) Leaf Fish. Not that satisfied, to say so … ...

See also: Fish, Water, Arowana, Species, Eel