Other Freshwater and Brackish Water Fish
Glass Knifefish
Eigenmannia virescens
Photo: Luis Ruiz Berti · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank250 l
- Adult size35 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentPeaceful
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Sternopygidae
- Origin
- Tropical South America
- Size
- 35 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- medium
- Behavior
- Pacific
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 250 L
- Diet
- carnivorous (larvae, worms)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Translucent body that moves by undulating its anal fin. Communicates using weak electrical signals. Best kept in groups.
