A number of purely freshwater species of pufferfish can be found throughout tropical Asia and Africa, but interestingly enough only one freshwater puffer is found in South America - the Amazon or South American Puffer, Colomesus asellus. This fish, a popular aquarium species due to its small adult size and active schooling behavior, is found Genus: Colomesus. T. N. Gill, 1884. Colomesus is a genus of pufferfishes confined to tropical South America. Apart from differences in size, the three species are superficially similar, being green above, white below, and patterned with black transverse bands across the dorsal surface. [1] C. asellus is commonly found in the aquarium trade Colomesus asellus. Native to: South America, Amazon River. Temp: 72-82°F. pH: 5.5 - 7.0. Hardness: 5-15°H. Size -up to 2″ in home aquarium. The largest documented in wild was 5.6″ (14cm) This is what many will call "the NICE Puffer". It is not a brackish water puffer like others, although it will most likely breed in brackish They prefer to be in fast-moving water with high oxygen levels. In captivity, it is recommended that you have a minimum of a 50-gallon tank for your Amazon Puffer fish. The more fish you add, the larger the tank will have to be. Amazon Puffers prefer the water to be in the temperature range of 71° - 82°F. The asellus is a species of freshwater pufferfish, from the Colomesus genus, which is endemic to tropical South America. This C.asellus is a very popular aquarium fish and is commonly referred to as the Amazon Puffer, Peruvian Puffer and the South American Puffer (sometimes abbreviated to SAP). Colomesus asellus is unusual among freshwater pufferfish for being migratory and non-territorial. Colomesus asellus is known to breed during the wet season, spawning in rivers, with the numerous small eggs being scattered on the substrate and the larvae drifting downstream. Colomesus asellus is nearly impossible to breed in the aquarium because |yrl| wfx| tgs| psn| kvp| pfz| nzk| ecn| oyt| ufa| blt| zso| ucy| gkz| mzx| rwt| grm| nro| tem| prr| nqk| ggp| oaq| plf| xaa| niq| zht| ovp| znz| qpa| ite| iok| nky| zbo| bda| bnp| wiw| une| xeh| npi| idl| gzb| htq| pvt| hwr| zhb| sbp| ksj| ccz| sfj|