What is barred bichir?
Barred bichir, also known as monodon dinosaur, is a polyfin fish, polyfin fish family, and polyfin fish is an ancient fish that is native to Africa. Barred bichir is distributed in the Congo River Basin in Central Africa. It has a special structure and is an important species for fish evolution. At the same time, it has a peculiar shape and can be used as an ornamental fish.
What does barred bichir look like?
The body of this fish is elongated and cylindrical, the body color is gray-brown, the abdomen is beige, the back of the adult fish will be dark green, and the body side has 7-9 black longitudinal bands. Each fin has a pattern, the jaws are roughly equal in length, the dorsal fin has 10-13 spines; the anal fin has 11-14 soft rays, and the body length can reach 44 cm.
barred bichir living habits
This fish inhabits the flooded areas of rivers and is carnivorous, feeding on fish, crustaceans and aquatic insects. Air-breathing and so tolerant of concentrations of low dissolved oxygen, larvae have external gills.
barred bichir rearing
The mouth shape of the dinosaur fish is roughly divided into three groups according to the ecological niche. The monodon dinosaurs and the equally famous large-flowered dinosaurs are independent self-types belonging to the second “segment”. The upper and lower jaws are basically the same length, and they are more predatory. , don’t be afraid of fighting. Like other dinosaur fish, it is not difficult to raise monodon dinosaurs, they like slightly acidic to neutral water environment, pH 6~7, temperature 22°C~28°C. Not picky about food, all kinds of live bait and dried shrimp are acceptable. It should be noted that dinosaur fish are good at jumping, and the water tank should be covered when feeding.
