Siamese tigerfish
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The Siamese tigerfish is a species of fish
from Thailand
. It has vertical yellow and black strips running the length of its body, and the dorsal fin
has a spiny appearance. .
of 7.6–8.0, and a temperature of 22 –. The Siamese tigerfish is predatory and will eat smaller fish. It should be fed various live foods and frozen foods. While a Siamese tigerfish in the aquarium is unlikely to grow as big as a wild one, it still requires a large aquarium because it grows to 24 inches (61 cm) in the wild.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
from Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. It has vertical yellow and black strips running the length of its body, and the dorsal fin
Dorsal fin
A dorsal fin is a fin located on the backs of various unrelated marine and freshwater vertebrates, including most fishes, marine mammals , and the ichthyosaurs...
has a spiny appearance. .
In the aquarium
This fish should be kept in fresh or brackish water. It prefers a pHPH
In chemistry, pH is a measure of the acidity or basicity of an aqueous solution. Pure water is said to be neutral, with a pH close to 7.0 at . Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline...
of 7.6–8.0, and a temperature of 22 –. The Siamese tigerfish is predatory and will eat smaller fish. It should be fed various live foods and frozen foods. While a Siamese tigerfish in the aquarium is unlikely to grow as big as a wild one, it still requires a large aquarium because it grows to 24 inches (61 cm) in the wild.