Black ghost knifefish
Apteronotus albifrons
It ripples one long anal fin to glide forward, backward and vertically.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 40 cm
- Smallest tank
- 180 cm
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Bottom
- Care
- Demanding
- Group
- Lives on its own
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litresToo small
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres13 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres24 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Common pleco
- Bala shark
- Clown loach
- Jack Dempsey
- Silver dollar
- Red rainbowfish
- Siamese algae eater
- Moonlight gourami
- Bristlenose pleco
- Red tail shark
- Convict cichlid
- Sailfin molly
- Pearl gourami
- Boesemani rainbowfish
- Turquoise rainbowfish
- Keyhole cichlid
- Red zebra cichlid
- Kribensis
- Scissortail rasbora
- Kuhli loach
- Congo tetra
- Molly
- Bolivian ram
- and 28 more species
Caution
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Neon tetraNarrow shared temperature range
- OscarBoth semi-aggressive
- FrontosaBoth semi-aggressive
- Kissing gouramiBoth semi-aggressive
- SeverumBoth semi-aggressive
- Freshwater angelfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Rainbow sharkBoth semi-aggressive
- Firemouth cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- Yoyo loachBoth semi-aggressive
- Peacock cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- SwordtailBoth semi-aggressive
- Three spot gouramiBoth semi-aggressive
- Denison barbNarrow shared temperature range
- JulidochromisBoth semi-aggressive
- African butterflyfishBoth semi-aggressive
- Giant danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Yellow lab cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- Zebra loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf gouramiBoth semi-aggressive
- Cockatoo cichlidBoth semi-aggressive
- Black skirt tetraBoth semi-aggressive
- Diamond tetraBoth semi-aggressive
- Pearl danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Tiger barbBoth semi-aggressive
- Julii corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Zebra danioNarrow shared temperature range
- PlatyNarrow shared temperature range
- Panda corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Chocolate gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Odessa barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Serpae tetraBoth semi-aggressive
- OtocinclusNarrow shared temperature range
- Multies shell dwellerBoth semi-aggressive
- Glowlight danioNarrow shared temperature range
- Dwarf pufferBoth semi-aggressive
- Galaxy rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
- Pygmy corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Green kubotai rasboraNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- KoiWater temperatures do not overlap
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Rosy barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Gold barbWater temperatures do not overlap
- Paradise fishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Hillstream loachWater temperatures do not overlap
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
Same familyColdwater and oddities
- Fancy goldfishCarassius auratus
- KoiCyprinus rubrofuscus
- Rainbow sharkEpalzeorhynchos frenatum
- Red tail sharkEpalzeorhynchos bicolor
- Bala sharkBalantiocheilos melanopterus
- Silver dollarMetynnis argenteus
- African butterflyfishPantodon buchholzi
- Dwarf pufferCarinotetraodon travancoricus
- Clown killifishEpiplatys annulatus