Red-tailed Brycon
Brycon cephalus
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- Scientific name
- Brycon cephalus
- Family
- Bryconidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Bryconidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Brycon capito, Brycon erythropterum, Brycon siebenthalae iquitensis, Megalobrycon cephalus, Megalobrycon erythropterum
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 22–26 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–15 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 22 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 756 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 210 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 5
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Not evaluated (NE)
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