Marble Hatchet Fish And Angelfish

But the marble hatchet also boasts a subtle rainbow of colors that dresses its stunningly shiny brown body.

Marble hatchet fish and angelfish.

The marble hatchetfish is one uniquely shaped fish that looks goofy with its deep belly and high pectoral fins. Marble hatchet carnegiella strigata. The marble hatchet fish is a truly unique looking fish that will always hang out at the top of your tank. I have silver and marbled in my 55g angelfish tank.

The marble hatchet is among the more popular species of fish thanks to its unique shape. I set the camera high so the view is looking somewhat downwards into the tank. These are my hatchetfish. Breeding hatchet fish there are several species of hatchet fish which all look quite similar and are often mis sold.

The marbled hatchetfish carnegiella strigata is a small normally 3 5 cm 1 4 in in length freshwater ray finned fish native to south america hatchet shaped it presents a gold line extending from its eye to its caudal fin while the area below has a brown and cream colored marble like pattern hence its name. Though they will all happily shoal together they can t interbreed so make sure you have appropriate pairs. In general hatchet fish do not have the reputation as being one of the hardier species to keep in the home aquarium but the marble hatchet fish seems to do better than the other hatchet fish.