Redeye tetra
Bario sanctaefilomenae
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The redeye tetra from the São Francisco, upper Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay basins lives in schools. It eats worms, insects, crustaceans and plants. It scatters its eggs.
- Scientific name
- Bario sanctaefilomenae
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Moenkhausia australe, Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae, Moenkhausia sanctae-filomenae, Tetragonopterus sanctae filomenae, Tetragonopterus sanctaefilomenae
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–19 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 7 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Omnivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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