Gold Line Scissor Tail
Moenkhausia intermedia
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A tetra from the Amazon, Orinoco and La Plata basins. It reaches 8 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Moenkhausia intermedia
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Astyanax bipunctialbicaudalis, Moenkhausia dichrourus intermedius, Moenkhausia lepidura madeirae
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 6–7
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 8 cm
Behavior
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Planktivore
Reproduction
- Breeding strategy
- Egg scatterer
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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