Black And White Marble Angelfish

The three species of pterophyllum are unusually shaped for cichlids being greatly laterally compressed with round bodies and elongated.

Black and white marble angelfish. Pterophyllum is a small genus of freshwater fish from the family cichlidae known to most aquarists as angelfish all pterophyllum species originate from the amazon basin orinoco basin and various rivers in the guiana shield in tropical south america. They are quite hardy and among the easiest of the angelfish to care for. It prefers a well planted tank of at least 30 gallons with soft slightly acidic water. I included the gene for stripeless.

Although there are only seven types of marble angelfish having two of the chromosomes w m g and gm there are additional types of marbles if the gene for stripeless is present in either single or double dose. The fins are long and thin with delicate looking webbing and will typically extend past the length of the body. They are the color variation that most closely resembles the wild type of the species p. The three vertical black stripes can fade or darken depending on the mood of the fish.

The fins are long and thin with delicate looking webbing and will typically extend past the length of the body. Rocks and driftwood can. You can expect 25 each of types 1 3 5 and 7. The marble angel is a strain of angelfish that has a black white and yellow marbled pattern.

Silver angelfish have long been the backbone of the freshwater angelfish trade. It prefers a well planted tank of at least 30 gallons with soft slightly acidic water. The marble angel is a strain of angelfish that has a black white and yellow marbled pattern.