Characodon audax
Family:- Goodeidae. Jordan 1923.
Described :- Miller & Smith 1986
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Range :- The El Ojo de Agua Las Mujeres at El Toboso in the Mexican state of Durango is the only known habitat of this species. Above is the species as it appears when first caught from the wild. While not to long after it has been in the aquarium it loses the redish tinge that it shows here and becomes more like the speciemen below
Habitat
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The males of this species can reach around 4-5cm in lenght while the females can be 5-5cm. In the wild we found them in a water temparature of 19c however in the aquarium , my experiance has been that they will tolerate a tempature of as high as 80c. None the less they do seem to grow better if somewhat slower at lower temparatures.Although a peacful species with other tank mates of it's own size they do get very teritorial when it comes to members of there own family, but will live together in harmony if given sufficent room and cover.Some people are lucky and fry will servive within the Aquarium. But in most cases you will need to confine a female separatly and give the fry when born pleanty of cover to escape here attention. Like many Goodieds they are greedy eaters and do better when kept very well fed ( Note:- Do not overfeed in one lump. Just feed more often ) on a good protein diet with a reasonable amount of live food in the diet. |
Above is the habitat near the village of El Toboso. There is a small stream in the village, which seem to be where the water from the spring sinks back underground again. But most of the fish are at the main spring itself that is to the left of the village halfway up and then you have to walk through some scrubland to get to it. When you do you will find a small spring that seemingly the locals are now trying to protect as they have built a stone wall all around it now and the water flows out under the wall and away to an area where a lake has now formed. Anyway here we found good numbers of Characodon Audax and at 6-0pm the water temp was 19c.
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