Sexing these fish isn t too hard and they are easy to mate.
Marble hatchet bubbles on fins.
Females have an anal fin that spreads into a fan whereas a male s is pointier.
The marbled hatchetfish carnegiella strigata is a small normally 3 5 cm 1 4 in in length freshwater ray finned fish native to south america hatchet shaped it presents a gold line extending from its eye to its caudal fin while the area below has a brown and cream colored marble like pattern hence its name.
First of all they need a good hiding spot and thus heavily plant tank should be a perfect setup.
The ph of the water should be maintained close to neutral value and generally they prefer soft water around 4 8 dgh particularly the silver hatchet fish and the marbled hatchet fish since they are top dwellers and remain at that.
Common hatchet fishes are carnivorous and eat flies fruit flies are the best mosquitoes and their larvae.
Erected in 1909 by c h.
These fish grow to about 2 3 inches long.
The marble hatchet fish is a truly unique looking fish that will always hang out at the top of your tank.
Green bubble anemone rose bubble anemone rainbow rose bubble anemone long tentacle anemone.
Two horizontal fins are attached above the gills.
Females are larger too potentially reaching 4 5 inches.
Occasionally small crustaceans are.
Carnegiella strigata günther 1864 marbled hatchetfish synonymstop.
Carnegiella strigata vesca fraser brunner 1950.
Bluegill sunfish lrg pumpkinseed sunfish med blue channel catfish.
The marble hatchetfish or hatchet is a very popular species of fish due to its unique body shape.
Carnegiella strigata marowini hoedeman 1952.
Gasteropelecus strigatus günther 1864.
The dorsal fin can be raised as a fan resembling the caudal fin or flatter against the body.
But the marble hatchet also boasts a subtle rainbow of colors that dresses its stunningly shiny brown body.
Carnegiella strigata marble hatchet fish wc 1 1 4 6 each 8 5 each chilodus punctatus spotted head stander wc 2 1 2 3 15 each 6 12 each hassemania nambiquara wc 3 4 1 25 each 6 22 each hemigrammus bleheri rummy nose tetra wc 1 4 each 8 3 75 each.
In general hatchet fish do not have the reputation as being one of the hardier species to keep in the home aquarium but the marble hatchet fish seems to do better than the other hatchet fish.
The marble hatchet also has a rainbow of colors that dresses its stunningly shiny brown body.
Their tails are simple and y shaped.
Carnegiella strigata surinamensis hoedeman 1952.
Eigenmann for the type species c.
High fin banded goby link s goby rainford s goby hector s goby purple firefish red firefish.
The marble hatchet is among the more popular species of fish thanks to its unique shape.
Caring and feeding for your hatchet fish should be fairly simple.
They are actually great swimmers and are kept as aquarium pets.
Like other hatchetfish carnegiella strigata has a slender body with a deep belly and pectoral fins set high on the body.
Males grow to 3 inches.