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Semi-aggressive; best with large fish.
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Semi-aggressive; best with large fish.
Vegetables, pellets and frozen foods.
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No reliable external differences are known.
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Breeding has not been recorded in the hobby.
Needs a school of 6+ in a large tank; ripe females swell with eggs.
Very large tank or pond with floating plants or mops, soft slightly acidic water and warm temperatures.
Rainy-season style water changes with soft, slightly cooler water and plenty of greens and protein.
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Fry take powdered food and brine shrimp nauplii, then chopped greens; grow fast and need space.
A Congo-basin characin with a long, pointed snout and 6-8 dark vertical bars on an orange to reddish body; the bars persist for life, though juveniles are the most colourful.
Dutch zoologist Louis Schilthuis described this fish in 1891 from the Congo. Its long, pointed snout and yellow-and-black bands make it easy to tell apart from its six-barred cousin. It grows large and feeds mainly on plants.
First described by Louis Schilthuis in 1891.
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Described by Schilthuis, 1891; D. leptorhynchus is a synonym. Similar to the commoner D. sexfasciatus but with a narrow, pointed snout.
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Distichodus lusosso · FishBase: Distichodus lusosso summaryLegacy has no family. Seriously Fish still uses Citharinidae (older, broader grouping).
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Distichodus lusosso · FishBase: Distichodus lusosso summary · Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoFishBase 38 cm TL (total length); Seriously Fish 37.5 cm SL (standard length). Legacy 60 cm is far too large; Seriously Fish stresses it has "a much smaller adult size" than D. sexfasciatus.
FishBase: Distichodus lusosso summary · Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoBoth sources 22-26; legacy 23-28 runs warmer.
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusosso · FishBase: Distichodus lusosso summaryLegacy 6.0-7.5; Seriously Fish lower limit 6.5. FishBase gives no pH.
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoLegacy has no hardness.
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusosso150 x 45 x 45 cm = 303,750 cm³ = ~304 L (Seriously Fish states 275 L, which does not match its own dimensions). Legacy 1,000 L follows from its oversized 60 cm length; ~300 L is the sourced minimum for one fish, more for a group.
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoCan be kept singly; a group may reduce aggression if space allows.
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoLegacy has no range field. Seriously Fish also lists Cameroon, not supported by Catalog of Fishes or FishBase.
Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Distichodus lusosso · FishBase: Distichodus lusosso summaryConsistent with legacy "no visible difference".
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoLegacy "Not bred in aquaria" verified; legacy spawning recipe is speculative and unsourced.
Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusossoLegacy says "long, slender ... with a black stripe": sources describe vertical bars, not a single stripe. Sources differ on whether the pattern fades with age (FishBase: bars persist; Seriously Fish: colour fades).
FishBase: Distichodus lusosso summary · Seriously Fish: Distichodus lusosso