Blue tetra
Mimagoniates microlepis
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- Scientific name
- Mimagoniates microlepis
- Family
- Stevardiidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Stevardiidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Coelurichthys iporangae, Coelurichthys microlepis, Mimagoniates iporangae, Paragoniates microlepis
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 18–23 °C
- pH
- 6–7
- General hardness (GH)
- 2–20 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 68 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Minimum group
- 6
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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