Cochu's blue tetra
Boehlkea fredcochui
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A blue tetra from South America. Its name honours the importer Fred Cochu, who brought in the first specimens in 1956.
- Scientific name
- Boehlkea fredcochui
- Family
- Stevardiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Stevardiidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Microbrycon cochui, Microbrycon fredcochui
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5.4 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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