Anyone keeping them, info on temp, foods, pH, current etc? Anyone has any pictures to share of this fish?
Info wanted on: Opsaridium microlepis
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i thought they get to be up to two feet long and are endangered or something. Arent they from Africa?
The "Mpasa" - Opsaridium microlepis - is a predatory cyprinid minnow that attains a length of at least 50 cm (20 inches) [62-cm specimens have been documented]. Adults are piscivorous, while juveniles feed on chironomids, ostracods, aquatic Coleoptera, and terrestrial insects.
It is indeed 'threatened' and has declined across much of its former range [it hails from Lake Malawi], but is not not the IUCN red list.
For an image, look to this link.
It is indeed 'threatened' and has declined across much of its former range [it hails from Lake Malawi], but is not not the IUCN red list.
For an image, look to this link.