Real Angel Fish - Pterophyllum scalare specimen encased  in clear lucite material. The keychain is crystal clear, transparent and indestructible. Safe, authentic and completely unbreakable product put real Fish right at your fingertips!

Length of the fish from head to tail is 4.3 cm (1.7 inch).

Size of the lucite block is 5.4x3.8x1.6 cm (2.1x1.5x0.6).

Weight of the keychain is 38 g and 55 g with packing box.

It is a beautiful keychain and is also a very good collectible item for every body.

This is a handmade real animal specimen craft. Each one will be a bit different (specimen size, color and posture) even in the same production batch.
The pictures in the listing is just for reference as we are selling multiple pieces with same pictures.

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Angel Fish - Pterophyllum scalare

Family:   Cichlidae (Cichlids), subfamily: Cichlasomatinae
Order:   Perciformes  (perch-likes)  Class:   Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)

FishBase name: Freshwater angelfish

Max. size:   7.5 cm

Environment:   benthopelagic; freshwater; pH range: 6.0 – 8.0; dH range: 5 - 13

Climate: tropical; 24 – 30°C; 6°N - 10°S, 78°W - 51°W

Importance:   fisheries: ; aquarium: highly commercial; price category: not marketed/unknown

Resilience:   High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months(tm<1)

Vulnerability:  Low vulnerability (10.00).

Distribution:   South America: Amazon River basin, in Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, along the Ucayali, Solimões and Amazon rivers; rivers of Amapá (Brazil), Rio Oyapock in French Guiana; Essequibo River in Guyana. Morphology:   Body compressed and disc-shaped; dorsal and anal spiny rays increasing in length from anterior to posterior part of the fin; first branched rays also very long; body height at anal fin level 1.07 to 1.29 times; body color silvery with dark vertical bars (7 in juveniles, 4 in adults).

Biology:   Inhabit swamps or flooded grounds where the aquatic and riverine vegetation are dense and the water is either clear or silty. Its color is deeper in clear water. One of the most popular of all the tropical aquarium fish. Maximum length 15 cm. Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; keep pairs in small tanks for breeding; minimum aquarium size 100 cm.

Dangerous:   harmless

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