A small up to 3 5 cm species found in rivers of south america.
Marbled swamp eel care.
In the aquarium they are easy to keep but should be kept tightly covered at all times.
They like blackwater dark acidic water full of decaying organic matter.
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.
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.
This acts as a primitive but yet efficient lung.
In the laboratory these eels have remained alive in drying out burrows for over six months moving about through the tunnels.
Their food is also stopped 1 2 days prior to harvest.
These fins serve to protect the swamp eel against rolling and assist in sudden turns.
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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.
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.
The large eels that are ready for harvesting are put into tanks with clean water to flush out any possible impurities in their systems that could affect the taste.
As a swamp eel it has a tapering tail and blunt snout and lacks pectoral and pelvic fins the dorsal anal and caudal fins are rudimentary with the caudal fin often absent.
Tank and environment details.
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They must be kept in tanks with lids because they can jump when startled.
Special care instructions.
Eels that are to be freshly consumed are chilled and put into bags that are filled with oxygen.
It is a nocturnal predator and feeds on any small prey in its environment such as frogs fish spiders and insects.
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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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