Salamander fish (Lepidogalaxias salamandroides) is the one - the only member of the family Lepidogalaxiidae (not family lungfish) and come from western Australia. Salamander fish or Slender salamander fish are small with a maximum body length of 7 cm.
Salamander fish has a slender body, long and cylindrical, has a brownish green color on the upper part, the pattern of spots - spots on a silvery sides and pale on the bottom with a slightly reddish eyes. Salamander fish fins have a transparent and unique fish can move his neck in all directions.
Salamander fish that is known in several names such as Salamander fish of Western Australian and Shannon mudminnow tend to be insectivores by eating insect larvae. Fish generally last up to two years, but females can be up to five years. Female fish have a larger body size than males. Salamander fish living in shallow water with sandy acidic (pH 3 - 6.5) and the average temperature - average 16 - 320C at. Salamander fish survive the summer by exploring the wet sand at a depth of 2-60 cm, the fish is out during the rainy season and will enter again into the sand as the water dries.
In reproduction, the male fish fins analnya allegedly used to deliver sperm into the female, fertilization occurs internally and this is a form of adaptation to an acidic environment. Although internal fertilization, the marriage without making out. Adult female will produce eggs around 100-400 eggs, and the eggs will be done during the winter or abundant water conditions. Kids fish will grow quickly before the summer.
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