Bucktooth tetra
Exodon paradoxus
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A characin from South America (Brazil and Guyana).
- Scientific name
- Exodon paradoxus
- Family
- Characidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Characidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Epicyrtus exodon, Hystricodon paradoxus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–28 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Carnivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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