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  • Good multipoint  (Pellegrin, 1901) 

  • Ollentodon multipunctatus  (Pellegrin, 1901) 

  • Xenendum multipunctatum  Pellegrin, 1901 

 

   Basic data:

 

  • Scientific name:  Skiffia multipunctata  (Pellegrin, 1901)

  • Interpretation of words: A colloquial name translated from Latin means (with many inserts), its characteristic spots on the body.

  • Slovenian name: Lisasta skifia, Skifia

  • Group: Livebirds

  • Source: Mexico , Lerma River Basin

  • Size: Males: 5 cm, females: 6 cm

  • Biotope / habitat : Ponds and canals with zero or low flow (algae, vegetation, ..)

  • Social behavior: Fairly calm species with the exception of long-finned fish.

  • Diet: Omnivore, predominantly plant food / algae and decaying plants, also takes flakes and insects on the surface

  • Cultivation: Quite easy

  • Aquarium: Minimum 80 liters

  • Population: group per 80 liters of water

  • Decoration: Stones, sand / fine substrate, water lentils, algae and water hyacinth, roots, ...

  • Temperature: 17-24 ° C

  • pH: 6.5-7.9

  • Hardness: from 5 ° dGh to 20 ° dGh

  • Lifespan: up to 5 years

  • Synonyms

Akvarijske ribe - Skiffia multipunctata - lisasta skifia, živorodke
Akvarijske ribe - Skiffia multipunctata - lisasta skifia, živorodke

Kingdom: Animalia / animals

Trunk: Chordata / string players

Class: Actinopterygii / arthropods

Order: Cyprinodontiformes / Toothpicks

Family: Goodeidae / live-bearing Mexican carp

Genus: Skiffia

Species: Skiffia multipunctata  (Pellegrin, 1901)

Skiffia  multipoint       Leafy skiff

Akvarijske ribe - Skiffia multipunctata - lisasta skifia, živorodke

Cultivation

  Many sources state that cultivation is quite simple, which is not entirely true. Skifia is sensitive to water pollution and needs to change water really often in captivity of the same quality and temperature as in an aquarium.

The temperature should not be too high by simulating the time of year, in winter it should be below 20º C.

Sobiva s  related fish and organisms from their natural range. Keep shaded areas in the aquarium. The indigenous plant is the water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes).  It is a school of fish and we have at least 6 specimens together.

Food

  It is an omnivore, it urgently needs plant food (algae, spinach, nettles, peas, etc.) 

Reproduction

  Put a group of fish in a special aquarium with lots of floating plants  and fine dark sand.

Quality filter and regular water change. After courtship (acrobatic swimming), the male fertilizes the female in the typical way of the family, the female carries the brood between six and eight weeks (temperature). There are up to 20 young and they are quite large (up to 1 cm). The youth is immediately fine plant and animal food (crushed flakes, ...).

Interesting

  We do not grow different species of Scythians together to avoid hybridization! Scythians are extremely rare and endangered in nature, and the gratitude for the survival of the species goes to most aquarists. The fish are very differently colored and the dark spots have no symmetry, flowing from silver, yellowish-brown to yellow and orange, the females are without spots and vivid colors.

The genus Skiffia comprises three natural species;  Skiffia francesae , Skiffia lermae in  Skiffia multipunctata .

 

 

 

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