
Traccatichthys pulcher
Traccatichthys pulcher
Gray-green flanks and a yellowish belly, with a conspicuous black spot in the center of the tail base.
The head is relatively pointed, with three pairs of barbels.
- Adult length
- Up to 12 cm
- Water temperature
- 20.5–23.8 °C
- pH
- 7–7.6
- Hardness
- 5–18 dGH
- Natural habitat
- Adults inhabit streams over sand and gravel.
Needs good filtration, water movement and a sandy bottom to forage through. Reaches about 12 cm.
Diet and feeding
Accepts formulated foods, supplemented with suitably sized live or frozen Daphnia, bloodworms, mysids and similar foods.
Same-species behaviour
Keep in groups, with individual resting shelters. Conspecifics may nip one another's fins.