Anglefish [Pterophyllum]

Pterophyllum is a small freshwater fish family Cichlidae known most aquarists as "immortal." All gods are derived from the Amazon, Orinoco and Essequibo River basin in tropical South America. The form of three types of ordinary fairy cichlids are compressed horizontally, along the bodies back and pull the Yangtze River Delta and the anal fin. This form, so that they can hide in the roots and plants, often on vertical surfaces. Tended to provide lasting natural camouflage color vertical lines. Fairy ambush predator and prey is small fish and large invertebrates. All forms of monogamous species eternal right. Eggs are usually laid down in the log or razed to the ground level. With other cichlids, brood care is growing.


Freshwater angel spoke first at the 1824 Roy Lichtenstein. Science is known as the immortals scalare (pronunciation: Ter 'o fill "la're Scafa only), is immortals" You wing. "

But not until the end of 1920 to early 1930 in the best angel imprisoned in the United States.

In the year 1963, other species found in the immortal first leopoldi, Gaussian description of this type. First described in the beginning of the name, and sport is an effective leopoldi scientific name. Before the name of the species found in altum immortals by Pellegrin in 1906. Who knows, we can still be found in the species, hidden in the darkness in the Amazon River. A new species of fish found with increasing frequency. In addition, such as sports scalare leopoldi differences may be subtle. Scientists explain leopoldi page note in the horizontal line at level 29-35, predorsal straight line. In view of the priests described as scalare level 35-45 in lateral line, and press predorsal line. Leopoldi that displays the same color as scalare, the only difference is that I have seen, you can see a little leopoldi eyes banban and physical integrity of one class and agencies do not complete, one-third of the two major classes (all) agency -agent in all three lines long forths. In the view scalare Stipe does not appear in the zone between the body and complete all first-class, two third of the main institutions rarely more than a half-inch band decreased, even if this. Development in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia theleopoldi institutions for stripes 3-8, and 1-5 all but disappeared, because of growth, and only two scalare wild life in reality.

Because angels have been common in captivity about 30 years ago it was known as leopoldi, may be more time outside the United States.