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Mayan tetra

Hyphessobrycon compressus

Mayan tetra (Hyphessobrycon compressus)
Photo: Carvalho, Malabarba, Endruweit, and Tobler · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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Scientific name
Hyphessobrycon compressus
Family
Acestrorhamphidae

Fact sheet

General

Water
Freshwater
Group
Fish

Taxonomy

Family
Acestrorhamphidae
Order
Characiformes
Synonyms
Hemigrammus compressus

Origin

Native region
América do Norte

Water

Temperature
20–26 °C
pH
6.5–8

Size and lifespan

Adult size
4.5 cm

Behavior

Social life
School
Swimming level
Middle

Conservation and trade

IUCN status
Least concern (LC)

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