 Summary of Scleromystax |
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| New spp. / time |  | | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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| Species | There are 17 "species" in our database. Scleromystax barbatus is the most commonly kept (k: 2). Scleromystax barbatus has the most images (i: 21). |
| Keepers | 1 species ( 5%) are being kept by registered keepers |
| Pronunciation | ss KLER oh muss tax |
| Etymology | Scleromystax: From the Greek sclero meaning hard and the Latin mystax meaning moustache. |
| Feeding | Will readily accepted all prepared foods that reach the bottom of the aquarium such as tablets, granules and larger flakes.
Live (or frozen) foods such as bloodworm, white worm, grindal worm (Enchytraeus), Daphnia and Tubifex are readily accepted and good for conditioning groups of fishes for spawning. |
| Compatibility | A peaceful, shoaling, community fish. |
| Furniture | Ideally substrate should be sand, but rounded gravel is an imperfect alternative.
Avoid keeping over rough edged (chipped) gravel, this will increase this risk of damage the fishes barbels when it tries to dig.
Substrate should be bordered with driftwood and aquatic plants leaving an open area for them to search for food and swim. The shade provided by overhanging rock work, arching bogwood, tall or floating plants are all that is required to settle these fishes. |
| Size | Smallest 45 mm, largest 98 mm, average 69mm, most commonly 80mm. All SL. |
| Distribution |
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| Most Kept Species |
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| 1. | (100%) |
