These fins serve to protect the swamp eel against rolling and assist in sudden turns.
Marbled swamp eel care.
It is a nocturnal predator and feeds on any small prey in its environment such as frogs fish spiders and insects.
They like blackwater dark acidic water full of decaying organic matter.
Special care instructions.
They must be kept in tanks with lids because they can jump when startled.
When in water the marbled swamp eel is able to use its fully functional gills to breathe whereas on land it can breathe with the lining of the mouth and pharynx.
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Eels that are to be freshly consumed are chilled and put into bags that are filled with oxygen.
In the aquarium they are easy to keep but should be kept tightly covered at all times.
Marbled hatchetfish carnegiella strigata strigata.
Their food is also stopped 1 2 days prior to harvest.
In the laboratory these eels have remained alive in drying out burrows for over six months moving about through the tunnels.
The asian swamp eel has a scaleless anguilliform snake like body that grows to a meter or less typically 25 to 40 cm as an adult.
Inhabits fresh and brackish waters in a variety of locations such as in.
The marbled swamp eel has an elongated cylindrical body and can grow to a maximum length of about 150 cm 60 in although a more normal adult length is 50 cm 20 in.
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A small up to 3 5 cm species found in rivers of south america.
Peruvian atinga swamp eel marbled swamp eel rice paddy eel.
Tank and environment details.
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Wikipedia 2011 the swamp eel synbranchus marmoratus has over 40 common names comprising of marbled swamp eel mottled swamp eel and marmorated swamp eel among others encyclopedia of life 2011.
A slow moving and peaceful fish despite their large size they are adapted to stagnant oxygen poor water and can use atmospheric air by taking breaths directly from the water s surface.
A unique south american eel species the spotted swamp eel is found in shallow waters throughout much of the amazon basin.
This acts as a primitive but yet efficient lung.
