I-Los inhlanzi ebhekene nehhashi ebhekene nehhashi, eyaziwa nangokuthi i-botia caracaballo noma i-bananana fish, izinhlanzi zasemanzini ahlanzekile, ezivela emifuleni futhi ikakhulukazi emachibini anamanzi acwebezelayo nanomoya-mpilo, kuhlanganise naleyo mifula emikhulu emikhulu. Ngokuvamile, lolu hlobo de peces, phakathi nenkathi yezikhukhula ithuthela emasimini okulinywa njengamasimu erayisi. Kungenxa yalesi sizathu ukuthi zingatholakala eNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia, isibonelo emazweni afana ne-India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, phakathi kwabanye.
Inhlanzi ebhekene namahhashi ebhekene nehhashi inomumo ofana ncamashi nowezinhlanzi okungezikaJehova uhlobo lweBotia, unomzimba omude kakhulu futhi omncane, onekhanda elide ngokulinganayo namabhali ajwayelekile emndenini. Amehlo abo atholakala phezulu kakhulu, ngakho-ke imvamisa adidaniswa nenhlanzi enelikhala elide enekhala elide. Kodwa-ke, ikhala le-loach elibhekene nehhashi ligobile kakhulu, liyashesha ukubhukuda futhi alinalo nolaka.
UMA sifuna ube nalezi zinhlanzi e-aquarium ekhaya, kubalulekile ukuthi ukhumbule ukuthi amanzi kufanele abe sezingeni lokushisa eliphakathi kwama-25 nama-28 degrees Celsius, kufanele athambile futhi abe ne-acidic kancane noma angathathi hlangothi. I-aquarium kumele ibe ne-substrate ethambile kakhulu, igweme amatshe anemiphetho ebukhali, ebukhali noma evikelayo.
Ngokuqondene nokondla isilwane esincane, khumbula ukuthi lezi zilwane zizodla kunoma yikuphi ukudla okufika ezansi, noma kunjalo khetha izibungu, izibungu, nama-crustaceans amancane, ngakho-ke izondla kakhulu kulokho kudla engakukumba kusuka ku-substrate.