ka iʻa loach helehelena lio, i kapa ʻia he botia caracaballo a iʻa iʻa paha, he iʻa wai hou, mai nā kahawai a ʻo nā loko hoʻi me ka wai aniani a oxygenated hoʻi, me ia mau muliwai ikaika nui ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo kēia ʻano iʻa, i ka wā o ke kai a Kahinaliʻi, neʻe i nā māla mahiʻai e like me nā māla laiki. ʻO ia ke kumu e loaʻa ai lākou ma ka Hikina Hema ʻo Asia, e laʻa me nā ʻāina e like me India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.
He ʻano like ko ka iʻa loach alo ʻē me ka iʻa o ka genus Botia, me kahi kino lōʻihi a lahilahi hoʻi, me ke poʻo like a lōʻihi a me nā barbels ʻano o ka ʻohana. Kiʻekiʻena loa ko lākou mau maka, no laila, pioloke lākou me nā iʻa loihi ihu lōʻihi. Eia nō naʻe, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka ihu o ka loach maka lio, ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki o ka ʻauʻau ʻana a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka hakakā.
Inā makemake mākou loaʻa kēia iʻa i loko o ka aquarium Ma ka home, he mea nui e hoʻomanaʻo ai ʻoe i ka wai ma kahi mahana e kū ana ma waena o 25 a me 28 kekelē Celsius, he palupalu a ʻemi iki a kūpaʻa paha. He wahi palupalu loa ko ka aquarium, e pale ana i nā pōhaku me nā kihi ʻoi, ʻoi a ʻoka paha.
No ka hānai ʻana i ka holoholona liʻiliʻi, e hoʻomanaʻo e hānai kēia mau holoholona i nā meaʻai āpau i hiki i ka lalo, ʻoiai makemake i nā larvae, nā ilo, a me nā crustacea liʻiliʻi, no laila e hānai nui ia i kēlā meaʻai i hiki iā ia ke ʻeli mai ka substrate.
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