Senegal bichir
Senegal bichir
Origin
This species of bichir is found in lakes, river margins, swamps, and floodplains of tropical Africa and the Nile river system, it occurs in at least twenty-six African countries which include Senegal, Egypt, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Chad, E
Description
It is a uniform brownish-grey to olive color on the dorsal surface, and the ventral surface is whitish. No banding occurs on adults, but very young juveniles show three horizontal bands. The upper jaw is slightly longer than lower jaw. It has eight to 11 dorsal finlets.
| Family: | Polypteridae |
| Genus: | Polypterus |
| Species: | senegalus |
| Status: | In Stock |
| Diet: | Carnivore |
| Sexing: | Monomorphic |
| Breeding: | Unknown |
| Max Size: | 48 cm |
| Water Hardness: | Neutral |
| Difficulty: |   |
| Temperment | Conspecific Temperment |
| Aggressive | Mildly Agressive |
| min Temp °C | max Temp °C |
| 25 | 28 |
| min pH | max pH |
| 6.5 | 7.4 |