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The diet of Pterophyllum scalare consists of a wide spectrum of prey; they feed on tiny fish fry and younger, juvenile fishes, young and mature shrimps, crabs, prawns, various worms, mosquito larvae, and water bugs. Additionally, they will opportunistically catch any smaller-sized floating insects that have fallen onto the surface of the water. [2]
Pterophyllum filicoides, a species named by Schlotheim in 1822, was established as the type species of Pterophyllum by Zeiller in 1906. [1] The name Pterophyllum was first introduced in 1825 by Brongniart, who described two species from the Upper Triassic found in Sweden. These species were P. minus and P. majus.
Bennettitales foliage assigned to the genus Pterophyllum Restoration of the willamsoniacean shrub Wielandiella angustifolia showing divaricate branching habit. Bennettitales are divided into two families, Cycadeoidaceae and Williamsoniaceae, which have distinct growth habits.
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Unlike P. scalare which prefer to spawn on the submerged leaves of plants and trees in the flooded rainforest, P. altum prefers to spawn on submerged roots and tree branches in a moderate water current. This species is recommended for intermediate to advanced aquarists due to the detailed maintenance it requires for proper health.
Pterophyllum is a small genus of freshwater fish from the family Cichlidae known to most aquarists as angelfish.All Pterophyllum species originate from the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin and various rivers in the Guiana Shield in tropical South America.
Squinting helps momentarily improve their eyesight by slightly changing the shape of the eye to make it rounder, which helps light properly reach the fovea. Squinting also decreases the amount of light entering the eye, making it easier to focus on what the observer is looking at by removing rays of light which enter the eye at an angle and ...
Portal:Gastropods/Selected picture/1 . The sculpture of this shell of Epitonium scalare is raised vertical ribs which are known as costae.Costae are a common feature in the shells of many species within the genus Epitonium, generally known as wentletraps (a word derived from the Dutch word for spiral staircase).