Salminus brasiliensis - Dorado
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Salminus brasiliensis – Dorado

Salminus brasiliensis – Dorado is a greedy, predatory fish that is much too large for the aquarium in our living room.

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Salminus brasiliensis – Dorado

Salminus brasiliensis – Dorado is a greedy, predatory fish that is much too large for the aquarium in our living room. It is not wise to buy them. They only can be kept in a public aquarium in a zoo together with other very large fishes.

Synonyms: Hydrocynus brasiliensis, Hydrocyon brevidens, Salminus cuvieri, Salminus maxillosus, Salminus orbignyanus, Salmo auratus, Salmo vigintiseptemradiatus.

Diet

You should give them live food such as fish and shrimp.

Breeding Salminus brasiliensis – Dorado

About breeding in the aquarium nothing is known.

Video

Author

Jan Bukkems – Aquavisie

Copyright images

David Morimoto – Flickr – CC-BY-SA-3.0

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Additional information

Family

Subfamily

Genus

Species

brasiliensis
Origin

Country

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Character

Diet

Minimum length

60
Length maximum

110
Temperature minimum
Temperature maximum

25
pH minimum

7.0
pH maximum

7.5
GH minimum

5
GH max

8
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