Size: 6.5" when fully grown Heart: 4 chambers Lungs: breathes air when water dries up Burrowing: in soft mud • Lines its chamber with mucus and then curls up into it • breathes through the mouth • metabolic rate slows • food is provided from the breakdown of muscle tissue • This fish can survive up to a maximum of 4 years but usually only few months are necessary Eggs: laid in nest Newborn: larvae have external gills that are reabsorbed during metamorphosis Habitat: swamps, small rivers Range: West and South Africa
This is an aggressive predator. The males guard the newly hatched young up to 2 months. In the wild it eats frogs and small fish
