Leporinus Fasciatus
Species Information
Native to South America: Amazonia. Oceania: Hawaii (introduced).
Leporinus.
Common name Banded Leporinus or just Leporinus.
Image gallery: Additional species photographs ...
The Leporinus eats vegetation, so plant its tank sparsely with plants on which it will nibble. It will also graze in the lower strata, picking up choice morsels or live and dry foods.
Company: Leporinus fasciatus (Leporinus) is suitable for community aquariums with other larger species. Do not keep with long finned species.
Water parameters: Temperature 22-25˚C / 72-77ºF; pH 5.5 - 7.5 ...
Banded Leporinus
Scientific Name: Leporinus fasciatus
Family: Anostomidae
About the Banded Leporinus
Species Type: Freshwater Fish
Category: Characins ...
The name Leporinus is of French origin, meaning "little hare". Close examination of the fish will explain why they were given this name, as they have two prominent front teeth much like a hare.
Black Banded Leporinus are originally from South America, Venezuela to be exact. The Black Banded Leporinus is part of the Characin group and of the Anostomidae family.
Common Foods ...
Leporinus fasciatus
There are more than a thousand species of Tetras and other Characins. Most do not tolerate new-tank conditions, but we probably left out a hundred or so more that do.
This Leporinus affinis (sized 40+ cm) and the Tilapia below were not kept in the auction room but in the tanks which were located in the reception hall on a permanent basis.
Common Name: Leporinus (Black-Banded Leporinus)
Scientific Name: Leporinus fasciatus
Fish Facts ...
salmoneus, Leporinus anostomus, Salmo anostomus
PD : An elongated fish with lateral compression. Color varies from brown to black withthree yellow horizontal stripes. The dorsal fin is usually red as is the area on the base of the tail.
Black-Banded Leporinus - Leporinus fasciatus
Blackskirt Hifin Tetra - Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Blackskirt Tetra - Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Bleeding Heart Tetra - Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
Bloodfin Tetra - Aphyocharax anisitsi ...
Synonyms:Salmo anostomus, Leporinus anostomus, Pithecocharax anostomus, Anostomus gronovii, Anostomus salmoneus.
First Eurpean import: Germany, 1924, by W. Eimeke.
Description:See picture.
Compatibility:
Acceptable tank mates to try are rosy Tetra, black banded Leporinus, severum, butterfly fish and rasbora. Pacus will eat small fish that they can catch, but Zebra Danios swim fast and can often avoid being eaten.
Right beside Sean's armchair is a large tank with his collection of large fish. These include oscars, leporinus, clown loaches, hoplo cats, convicts, and silver sharks.
Surubíes are large migratory fish, with robust bodies, and their meat is very appreciated. They are predatory carnivores, consuming other fish such as sábalos, Prochilodus lineatus, and bogas, Leporinus obtusidens, as well as crustaceans.
Additional:The tail can produce a reddish fluid, which will color skin, and which is probably a defense mechanism. The fish, 3 or 4, are kept in Artis aquarium in Amsterdam, together with some arowanas, pacus, crenicichla xingu and Leporinus sp.
Clown loaches are also peaceful and will not harm other fish in the aquarium. Puffers, leporinus and some of the fish in the Botia family are also great at eating small snails but may only be kept with more aggressive tankmates.
 See also: Fish, Water, Aquarium, Species, Feeding
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