A typical fresh water fish in South America, it lives in shallow waters where it captures its prey.
Hetshi ndi tshipuka tshine tsha wanala fhethu hune ha vha uri aho ngo ḓalesa maḓi hangei southern Africa, tsho ḓowelesa nga maanḓa u dzula sogani hune ha vha uri ahuna maḓi, dzi wana ṱhoḓea dza maḓi kha zwiḽiwa zwine dza ḽa zwone.