Glass bloodfin
Prionobrama filigera
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The glass bloodfin lives in the central and western Amazon basin (Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru). It has a red tail and reaches 6 centimetres.
- Scientific name
- Prionobrama filigera
- Family
- Characidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Characidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Aphyocharax analis, Aphyocharax filigerus, Bleptonema amazonae, Prionobrama amazonae, Prionobrama madeirae
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 0–30 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 6 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 68 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 60 cm
Behavior
- 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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