Nickname: Texas fish?

Origin: Rivers in northern Mexico and southern Texas.

Intake water quality: neutral to weakly acidic, hardness 10, water temperature 22 ~ 26.

Features: 20~30㎝ body length, about 20 cm at home. The body is wider and the back is slightly higher. Big head, high eyes, low eyes. The base of dorsal fin is very long, the base of gluteal fin is very short, the ends of dorsal fin and gluteal fin are very sharp, reaching the caudal fin, the caudal fin handle is very short, and the caudal fin is truncated. The body color is gray, covered with gray dots, cyan dots and stripes. There are three-dimensional beads on the dark gray in the second half of the adult fish. ?

Feeding: Dezhou leopard is a carnivorous animal, and its feeding options are: red worm, water worm, bread worm, small fish and shrimp.

Personality: grumpy and irritable. Have a territorial concept. Will prey on small fish So this kind of fish can't be mixed, even the same species can't be kept together in a small fish tank.

Breeding: after the parent fish are successfully paired, put them into a breeding box, spread bottom sand in the box, plant aquatic plants and place a smooth pebble. When the parent fish enters the box, they will start chasing and spawning. They will choose stones or aquatic plants as their spawning grounds. After several ovulations, the sticky fertilized egg will attach to the water grass or stone and begin to hatch. Three days later. The larvae hatched. At this time, the parent fish will have the behavior of protecting eggs and young children. Two days after the yolk sac was absorbed, the larvae began to move freely. At this time, you can fish out the parent fish.

Maturity: the sexual maturity age of the parent fish is 12 months. The male fish is large, with a unique "fat bulge" on the head, and the tips of dorsal fin and anal fin are long and brightly colored. The female fish has a pale face, a bulging abdomen and no "fat bulge" on her head.