Thousand dollar knife fish

Description

Chitala chitala is a knifefish from Bangladesh,India,Nepal and Pakistan,where found in the Indus,Ganges - Brahmaputra and Mahanadi River basins.It is sometimes known as the Indian featherback.In the past it frequently included several related Chitala species,but these are now regarded as separate species.The main species confused with this species is C.ornata (clown featherback or clown knifefish);a Southeast Asian species seen regularly in the aquarium trade.The true C.chitala is very rare in the aquarium trade.