my camera is on the fritz. but i love this litte guy. not sure which species he is exactly, the lfs can be disappointing at times, but this the closest of the photos the site had. info too:
PHOTO AT BOTTOM OF POST (can i change this)
it says they are brackish and marine but extremely freshwater compatible, swimming hundreds of miles inland (frshwater) depending on sub family.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=516
Question: one site said 1 tablespoon salt per blah blah gallons. for the hogchoker, NOT the sub family i have i'm certain BUT i use aquarium salt from jungle for freshwater and always have, no one has suffered from it. i owned a fan-dancer or knight goby forever. sooooo. will he survive given his freshwater tendancies?
INFO BELOW
Trinectes paulistanus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
Family: Achiridae (American soles) picture (Trpau_u1.jpg) by Sazima, I.
Map
Order: Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Slipper sole
Max. size: 18.0 cm NG (male/unsexed; Ref. 36453)
Environment: demersal; brackish; marine ; depth range - 16 m
Climate: tropical
Importance:
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K and tmax)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Western Atlantic: Suriname to Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 55-60; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 40-44. Pectorals either vestigial or reduced to 1-2 rudimentary rays (Ref. 36453).
Biology: Found more abundantly on shallow soft bottoms of brackish estuaries or hypersaline lagoons. Enters freshwaters at least to an elevation of 10 m. Inhabits rivers and creeks and probably feeds on aquatic insects and crustaceans (Ref. 36880).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Ramos, Robson T.C.
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez. 1992. (Ref. 5217)
PHOTO AT BOTTOM OF POST (can i change this)
it says they are brackish and marine but extremely freshwater compatible, swimming hundreds of miles inland (frshwater) depending on sub family.
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/FamilySummary.cfm?ID=516
Question: one site said 1 tablespoon salt per blah blah gallons. for the hogchoker, NOT the sub family i have i'm certain BUT i use aquarium salt from jungle for freshwater and always have, no one has suffered from it. i owned a fan-dancer or knight goby forever. sooooo. will he survive given his freshwater tendancies?
INFO BELOW
Trinectes paulistanus (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1915)
Family: Achiridae (American soles) picture (Trpau_u1.jpg) by Sazima, I.
Map
Order: Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name: Slipper sole
Max. size: 18.0 cm NG (male/unsexed; Ref. 36453)
Environment: demersal; brackish; marine ; depth range - 16 m
Climate: tropical
Importance:
Resilience: High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K and tmax)
Distribution:
Gazetteer Western Atlantic: Suriname to Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Morphology: Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 55-60; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 40-44. Pectorals either vestigial or reduced to 1-2 rudimentary rays (Ref. 36453).
Biology: Found more abundantly on shallow soft bottoms of brackish estuaries or hypersaline lagoons. Enters freshwaters at least to an elevation of 10 m. Inhabits rivers and creeks and probably feeds on aquatic insects and crustaceans (Ref. 36880).
Red List Status: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator: Ramos, Robson T.C.
Main Ref: Cervigón, F., R. Cipriani, W. Fischer, L. Garibaldi, M. Hendrickx, A.J. Lemus, R. Márquez, J.M. Poutiers, G. Robaina and B. Rodriguez. 1992. (Ref. 5217)