Yellow Panchax Killifish

Common name: Golden Wonder Panchax / Yellow Panchax Killifish/Sparkling panchax

Scientific name:Aplocheilus lineatus

Family: Aplocheilidae

Origin: India

Maximum size: 4 inches

Minimum Tank Size: 20 gallons

Temperature: 76-80 degrees

Care: Easy to care for fish that can handle almost anything. Is undoubtedly the most common killifish along with the original striped panchax. A top dweller. Likes floating plants to hide in. You need a good lid on your tank and might want to lower the water level an inch or two because these fish are good jumpers. A more peaceful killifish that wont harass other killis to death. Try for 2 females for every male. Keep with other peaceful community fish like larger tetras, gourami, rams, and catfish.

Feeding: In the wild these fish eat insects off of the surface of the water so they need a lot of meaty foods in their diet. Bloodworms and blackworms are a favorite of killifish. Brine shrimp are also a good choice. Flake food is also excepted but shouldn't replace the killifishes diet entirely.

Sexing: Females are irridescent silver with a rounded tail lined in red. They are also much smaller then males. Males are a vibrant yellow with orange/red tipped fins. Males tail is also more pointed then the females.

Breeding: Spawn in mosses floating on the surface of the water. Eggs hatch in 12-15 days and fry are large enough to accept baby brine shrimp as their first foods.

Comment: A beautiful fish! Makes a great first killi.

Here is my domestic variation of Yellow Panchax.


And here is the wild variation of the Yellow Panchax.

@GaryE I just took a look at this because it’s a fish I know and all the info seemed right . Seemed like a good format too . The only information I slightly disagreed with was the description of the sexes and their differences . I think females are as big or sometimes bigger than the males and also that the common trade name of Panchax should be ditched . The pictures were “okay” but not that good .