Spotted metynnis
Metynnis maculatus
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A spotted silver dollar from Brazil and Argentina, one of the fish sold as 'silver dollars'. In the wild it eats mainly fruit and plants.
- Scientific name
- Metynnis maculatus
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Serrasalmidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Myletes maculatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 20–28 °C
- pH
- 5–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–12 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 14.8 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 365 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 180 cm
Behavior
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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