Silver Dollar
Metynnis lippincottianus
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A spotted silver dollar from the Brazilian Amazon and French Guiana that reaches 13 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Metynnis lippincottianus
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Metynnis anisurus, Metynnis dungerni, Metynnis goeldii, Metynnis heinrothi, Metynnis orbicularis, Metynnis roosevelti, Metynnis seitzi, Metynnis snethlagae, Myletes lippincottianus, Myletes orbicularis
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 6–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–10 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 13 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 217 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 150 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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