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班甘连尾鮡 · Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish

班甘连尾鮡

概要

字段值
类别鱼
学名Chaca bankanensis
别名班甘連尾鮡
分类鲶形目 Siluriformes › 方头鲶科 Chacidae › Chaca
水体淡水
原产地文莱、印度尼西亚、马来西亚
成体体长20 cm
饲养难度中等
特征吃小鱼: 是;翻底砂: 是
外部数据seriouslyfish chaca-bankanensis;fishbase 12013
食性肉食

水质参数

参数耐受范围最适范围单位
水温22–26—°C
pH6–8——
总硬度3–10—dGH

概述

班甘连尾鮡(Chaca bankanensis)是一种伪装伏击型鲶鱼,常藏在落叶和底部碎屑中,用须模拟小虫动作引诱猎物,再突然张口吞下。它平时少动并不代表温和,能够吞下几乎与自己同样大的鱼,不适合普通小鱼混养缸。

分布与栖息地

分布于马来西亚、印度尼西亚和文莱,生活在雨林中浅而阴暗的水域,藏身于落叶层及腐殖碎屑之间。

饲养环境

单尾可参考 90 × 30 × 30 厘米的空间。光线柔和,底部用软细砂让它埋身,加枝条和干落叶模拟天然遮蔽。多数植物在这种环境下未必长得好,可选附着在装饰物上的耐阴蕨类或莫丝。

连尾鮡属在狭小水体中似乎可能使 pH 下降,具体原因未明。需认真维护并观察水质变化,尤其小水量环境更容易波动,不能只因鱼不活跃就减少维护。

食性与喂食

幼鱼有时能转到干饲料或肉质冷冻饵,但许多个体只接受活饵。可提供适口小鱼、河虾、蚯蚓;购买前应考虑是否能持续满足这种个体差异,而不是假定所有鱼都会顺利转食。

习性与混养

最好与其他种分开养。同种之间通常能相处,但几乎任何靠近大嘴的鱼都有被吃掉的风险;即使在深大缸里搭配快速上层鱼,也不能保证安全。

雌雄区分

雄鱼比雌鱼更修长,身体更瘦。

繁殖

人工繁殖尚未有确认记录,可能与连尾鮡(Chaca chaca)相似,但不能将近亲的管道产卵记录直接当作本种已证实做法。

补充说明

与连尾鮡相比,本种颜色较深、偏红,唇部和身体没有近亲的小钩状突起。白天很少走动,偶尔夜间出动觅食;红光观察有时能见到这些行为。关于其改变酸度是消化液、诱饵化学物或防御分泌物造成的解释都仍是推测。

图片

图片来自 SeriouslyFish,版权归各摄影者所有。

班甘连尾鮡
Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish (Chaca bankanensis) · 摄影:JJPhoto
班甘连尾鮡
Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish (Chaca bankanensis) · 摄影:JJPhoto
班甘连尾鮡
Chocolate Frogmouth Catfish (Chaca bankanensis) · 摄影:JJPhoto
English

Overview

A camouflaged ambush catfish, Chaca bankanensis waits among leaves and debris, moving its barbels to imitate a small worm before engulfing approaching prey. Inactivity should not be confused with compatibility: fish almost its own size may be swallowed.

Distribution & habitat

It occurs in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei, using shallow, shaded rainforest waters with leaf litter and accumulated organic debris.

Aquarium setup

A 90 by 30 by 30 cm aquarium is suggested for one fish. Use dim light, soft sand for burial, branches, and dried leaves. Many plants struggle in these conditions, though tolerant attached ferns or mosses are options.

Members of the genus appear capable of lowering pH in confined water, for reasons that remain uncertain. Monitor conditions carefully and maintain the aquarium rigorously, particularly where small volume allows rapid chemical changes.

Diet & feeding

Some juveniles can be weaned to dry or frozen animal foods, while many individuals continue to demand live prey. Suitable small fish, river shrimp, and earthworms are options. Plan for feeding variation rather than assuming conversion will always succeed.

Behaviour & compatibility

Species-focused housing is safest. Conspecifics are generally tolerated, but other fish approaching the mouth risk capture. Even fast upper-water companions in deep, spacious tanks are not reliably safe.

Sexual dimorphism

Males are longer and more slender than females.

Breeding

Captive reproduction has not been confirmed. Similarity to Chaca chaca is considered possible, but that relative’s tube-spawning account is not evidence of an established method for this species.

Notes

Compared with Chaca chaca, it is darker and redder and lacks the small hooklets on the lips and body. Daytime movement is uncommon, with occasional nighttime foraging that may be observed under red light. Proposed explanations for pH effects remain hypotheses, not established mechanisms.

来源

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