I-Los izinhlanzi ze-boquichico Eyaziwa nangokuthi igama layo lesayensi ngokuthi i-Prochilodus nigricans, ziyizinhlanzi ezihlala kakhulu e-Amazon yasePeru, futhi yizinhlobo ezitholakala kakhulu kulo mkhakha, ngakho-ke futhi yizinhlobo zezilwane. de peces edliwa kakhulu izakhamuzi zehlathi lase-Amazon ePeru. Kubalulekile ukugqamisa ukuthi lezi zilwane zitholakala ikakhulukazi emachwebeni, lapho zithola ukudla okuningi.
Lezi zinhlanzi ziyi-rheophilic, futhi ukuzijwayeza kwazo okuyinhloko esimisweni semvelo soMfula i-Amazon kuzenze zaba inhlanzi eyi-iliophagus, okusho ukuthi idla udaka. Kodwa-ke, kungabhekwa futhi njengenhlanzi edla umhlanganiso esebenzisa wonke amakhemikhali ezitshalo atholakala ezansi, ngaphezu kokondla izinto eziphilayo odakeni, njengama-crustaceans amancane, ama-mollusks, phakathi kwezinye izinhlobo.
Uma sicabanga ukuba nalezi zilwane e-aquarium yethu, kufanele sikhumbule ukuthi zingalinganisa kuze kube ngamasentimitha angama-45 ubude, ngakho-ke ubukhulu bamathangi ezinhlanzi kuzobaluleke kakhulu ukuzigcina zisesimweni esifanelekile. Ngendlela efanayo, uma sifuna ukuyihlakulela, kufanele sazi ukuthi indlela engcono yokukwenza ku-polycultures, kanye nokunye Izinhlobo ze-Amazonia, uthanda ngokwesibonelo ama-pacos noma ama-gamitanas.
Ngokufanayo, i- lokushisa ukutshala Kufanele ibanga phakathi kwama-25 nama-32 degrees Celsius, lokhu kuyisici esibaluleke kakhulu ukuyigcina isesimweni esihle ngoba asikwazi ukukhohlwa umsuka wayo ovela e-Amazon. Elinye iqiniso okufanele ulinake ukuthi lezi zilwane zizalana minyaka yonke, phakathi kukaNovemba noJanuwari, futhi zingakhiqiza amaqanda afinyelela ezinkulungwaneni eziyikhulu ngonyaka wokuqala.