Silver dollar
Metynnis hypsauchen
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A silver dollar from the Amazon and Paraguay basins and rivers of the Guiana Shield, often confused with Metynnis argenteus. It reaches 15 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Metynnis hypsauchen
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Metynnis calichromus, Metynnis calichromus schreitmuelleri, Metynnis ehrhardti, Metynnis hypsauchen fasciatus, Metynnis orinocensis, Metynnis schreitmuelleri, Myletes hypsauchen, Myletes orinocensis
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 24–28 °C
- pH
- 6–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 15 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 260 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 180 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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