Butterfly splitfin
Ameca splendens
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A Mexican livebearer of the family Goodeidae from the Ameca River basin in Jalisco, critically endangered. As in other Goodeidae, the young develop nourished by the mother through an umbilical-cord-like structure and are born large.
- Scientific name
- Ameca splendens
- Family
- Goodeidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Goodeidae
- Order
- Cyprinodontiformes
Origin
- Native region
- América do Norte
Water
- Temperature
- 24 °C
- pH
- 7–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 10–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 9 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 81 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 90 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Bottom
Care
- Care difficulty
- Difficult
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Livebearer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Critically endangered (CR)
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