Macropodus Spechti
📖 Overview
Obligate air-breathing ; Found in all kinds of hill stream habitats and along diverse structured margins or backwaters of large rivers, as well as in small streams and irrigation channels on farmland .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Dorsal spines (total): 11 - 15; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 9; Anal spines: 17; Anal soft rays: 11 - 14; Vertebrae: 28 - 30. Differs from its congeners by the following combination of characters: caudal fin forked; opercular spot pale or missing; body without dark bars or with 4-12 faint and inconspicuous dark bars on pale brown to dark greyish background in preserved and live specimens; top of head and predorsal body without dark spots or saddle-like blotches; posterior tip or margin of scales on head and body conspicuously darker than scales; distal part of first soft pelvic-fin ray red in life; spots and bars on dorsal and caudal-fin membranes black; posterior dorsal-fin membranes and caudal-fin membranes blue in life; filamentous caudal-fin rays with white or black posterior extremity .: short and / or deep.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Macropodus Spechti is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
🥚 Reproduction
Eggs are deposited in bubble nests .
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 20. Tropical; 20°C - 26°C
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🦠 Common Diseases
The following diseases are known to affect Macropodus Spechti.
🔍 Similar Species
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