Silvertip tetra
Hasemania nana
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The silvertip tetra is endemic to the São Francisco River basin in Brazil. Omnivorous, it lives in schools; the male is more colourful and the female fuller. It scatters its eggs among plants and often eats them. Fish in the trade are captive-bred.
- Scientific name
- Hasemania nana
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Hasemania marginata, Hemigrammus nanus, Tetragonopterus nanus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–28 °C
- pH
- 6–8
- General hardness (GH)
- 5–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 5 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 68 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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