Map fish (Astronotus ocellatus), commonly known as larvae and starfish, is native to the Amazon River in South America. The classification belongs to the class of Bonefish, Euryphae, Perciformes, Cichlid, and Cichlid.

1. Appearance and Habits

Pets According to the net, the map fish is a large tropical fish with a total length of up to 30cm. The body is large, flat on the side, oval in shape, with a large head and a large mouth. The base of the dorsal fin is very long, starting from the upper back of the pectoral fin to the base of the caudal fin. The front of the fin rays is serrated with short hard spines, and the rear soft fin rays are longer and symmetrical with the anal fin. Pelvic fins in thoracic position, with pointed ends. The rear edge of the caudal fin is rounded. There are irregular golden patches scattered on the side of the body, with red stripes in between, which is named after a map. The base of the caudal fin has a red ring inlaid with gold, which sparkles and resembles the stars of a summer night, so it is also called the tail starfish. Map fish can be divided into white map, flower map, red board map, and even board map according to the different body colors.

Map fish does not have strict requirements on water quality, and can live normally in weakly acidic, neutral and slightly alkaline water. The water temperature is required to be between 22 and 28 °C. Fish should not be mixed with small fish. Although the map fish is large in size, it swims fast, reacts quickly, preys accurately, eats a large amount, and is picky eater. Breeding in the box.