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Hydrolycus armatus

概要

字段值
类别鱼
学名Hydrolycus armatus
别名Hydrocyon armatus
分类脂鲤目 Characiformes › 犬齿脂鲤科 Cynodontidae › Hydrolycus
水体淡水
原产地巴西亚马逊东部、委内瑞拉奥里诺科河及圭亚那埃塞奎博河
成体体长66 cm
饲养难度中等
群居方式独居
领地性是
特征会跳缸: 是;吃小鱼: 是
外部数据seriouslyfish hydrolycus-armatus;fishbase 57050
食性肉食
性情攻击性

水质参数

参数耐受范围最适范围单位
水温24–28—°C
pH6–8——
总硬度2–15—dGH

概述

Hydrolycus armatus 是大型食鱼性犬齿脂鲤,成体可达 66 cm,通常只适合公共展示或极少数超大型私人设施。幼鱼出售时不一定能反映长期空间需求,鉴定错误还可能低估最终体形。

分布与栖息地

已知分布包括巴西亚马逊流域东部、委内瑞拉奥里诺科河及圭亚那埃塞奎博河。成鱼多在白水和黑水河流的主道及大支流流水段活动,也见于人工水库。幼鱼可能利用较小支流及淹水森林。

饲养环境

对装饰不苛刻,可使用简洁甚至裸缸布局。重点是高溶氧、中等水流和稳定水况,外滤、造流与增氧设备按需要配置。只放入成熟缸,每周换水 30–50%。

它跳跃能力强,缸盖须牢靠贴合。普通家庭鱼缸难以满足长期需求。

食性与喂食

是专性食鱼者,可吞下约自身一半大小的猎物。新进口鱼常只认活鱼,多数在熟悉后可转吃非活饵。不要喂牛心、鸡肉等陆生动物肉,也不宜长期依赖饵料鱼;活饵料鱼可能带入病原,营养质量也未必足够。

习性与混养

具有攻击性,尤其针对同种和外形相似鱼。以单养最稳妥,只有超大型设施才可谨慎考虑体形很大的底栖伙伴。

繁殖

水族箱繁殖尚无记录。河流种群约在 11 月至次年 4 月繁殖,成鱼会逆流迁徙。

补充说明

臀鳍和尾鳍边缘的白边是重要辨识特征,其内侧有暗带。它常与较小近亲混淆,不能仅按“暴牙”类泛称推定成年大小。

图片

图片来自 SeriouslyFish,版权归各摄影者所有。

Hydrolycus armatus
幼鱼 · Subadult individual in the aquarium. · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
幼鱼 · Juvenile measuring approximately 50 mm SL. · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
幼鱼 · Subadult measuring 220 mm SL. · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
幼鱼 · Juvenile eating a live swordtail, Xiphophorus hellerii... · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
...closer view. · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
幼鱼 · H. armatus will also prey on conspecifics given the opportunity. This juvenile has almost swallowed one of its own kind. · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
幼鱼 · Frontal view of juvenile detailing the impressive dentition even at a size of just 50 mm SL. · 摄影:Enrico Richter
Hydrolycus armatus
Dorsal view of freshly-collected wild adult. · 摄影:Adam Carvalho
English

Overview

A large piscivorous dogtooth characin, Hydrolycus armatus reaches 66 cm and generally requires public-display facilities or an exceptionally large private installation. The availability of juveniles should not obscure adult housing needs, especially when trade identification is unreliable.

Distribution & habitat

Records cover the eastern Brazilian Amazon, Venezuela’s Orinoco, and Guyana’s Essequibo. Adults occupy open water in flowing main channels and large tributaries of both whitewater and blackwater rivers, and also occur in reservoirs. Smaller tributaries and flooded forest probably shelter juveniles.

Aquarium setup

Decor is secondary and bare layouts are possible. Prioritize abundant oxygen, moderate circulation, and stable conditions through suitable filtration, pumps, and aeration. Use only a mature system and change 30–50% weekly.

A secure, close-fitting cover is essential because jumping is powerful. Ordinary home aquariums are inadequate for long-term housing.

Diet & feeding

An obligate fish eater, it can take prey around half its own size. Fresh imports often insist on live fish, but most can learn to recognize nonliving alternatives. Avoid beef heart, chicken, and similar terrestrial meats. Routine feeder-fish use risks introducing pathogens and may provide poor nutrition.

Behaviour & compatibility

Aggression is directed particularly at conspecifics and similar-looking fishes. Solitary housing is preferable; very large bottom dwellers are a possibility only in exceptional facilities.

Breeding

Aquarium breeding is unrecorded. River populations reproduce roughly from November to April and migrate upstream to do so.

Notes

White anal- and tail-fin margins, bordered inwardly by dark bands, are important identification features. It is often confused with a smaller relative, so broad trade names are unsafe guides to adult size.

来源

ID: hydrolycus-armatus · 文件: data/species/hydrolycus-armatus.md · 状态: 草稿