Pygmy hatchetfish
Carnegiella myersi
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The smallest of the hatchetfishes, just over 2 centimetres, from the upper Amazon. Peaceful.
- Scientific name
- Carnegiella myersi
- Family
- Gasteropelecidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Gasteropelecidae
- Order
- Characiformes
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–26 °C
- pH
- 4–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–6 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 2.5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 45 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 50 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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