The body size of the treasure lotus lantern fish is larger than that of the traffic light fish, and the color is more bright, red from head to tail, and they prefer to swim in groups, and they are also easy to raise. However, at present, artificial reproduction is very difficult, usually from the origin of fishing, and traffic light fish can be artificially propagated.
1. Morphological characteristics: The body length of Baolian lantern is about 4-5 cm, the body is spindle-shaped, the head and tail are relatively wide, the mouth and eyes are relatively large, the anal fin is longer, and the tail fin is forked. Its color is very conspicuous, the back is yellow-green, the abdomen is milky white, there are blue longitudinal bands on one side of the body, and the bottom is red. It can even shine metallic luster under the light, and it is very beautiful when it swims blue or green.
2. Living habits: Baolian lantern fish belongs to tropical fish, which has relatively loose requirements for water temperature and can survive in water between 23-28 ℃. Like weak acid soft water, PH between 5.5-7. The fish swim in schools and can be mixed with other small tropical fish. Food habits are more complex, can be fed with dry feed, but feeding water fleas and other live bait will be better, conducive to fish color.
3, Distribution: Lotus lantern fish originated in the middle and lower reaches of the Amazon River, in the eastern part of Peru, including Brazil, Colombia and other rivers are not fast places.
