Scientific name: Nannacara adoketa
Native Region: South America, the Negro River, Amazon River Basin
Length: 4.9cm
Water quality: pH range: 4.5-6; dH range: 5-10
Temperature: 22 – 28°C
Reproduction: cave-
In 1993, Kullander and Prada-Pedreros short snapper for the dragon to formulate adoketa the species name, and included a short golden eye snapper (N. anomala) is belong to dwarf cichlids (Genus Nannacara) in. But the dragon habitat in the interior of Brazil in the short snapper habitat on the environment and appearance, both of the northeast coast of South America live in the country belong to species were significantly different, so they did and the other located in Guyana (Guyana), has not been introduced over the two-spotted dwarf cichlids short sea bream (N. bimaculata) in the case of classified together under the double spot dwarf cichlids branch (A. bimaculata-complex).
Dragon short snapper (Nannacara adoketa), from the world’s most famous black waters – Negro River (Rio Nergo). As you all know the short snapper enthusiasts, this up to 2250 km of rivers, in addition to the Amazon River (Rio Amazonas) the largest tributary of the North Shore, but also the origin of many well-known short snapper, such as Elizabeth (Apistogramma elizabethae), second short sea bream (A. diplotaenia), contains not even naming, the first in the Negro River in the name of the snow board short snapper (Dicrossus sp. “Rio Negro”).
At present, the short snapper is still very rare Dragon, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been keeping a lot of players, but mostly in Japan once the F1 generation of breeding. Wild Dragon short snapper on the market even for the rare, the entire Asian market is very scarce imports, coupled with the difficulty of breeding, created a dragon short sea bream a high level.