Threespot headstander
Pseudanos trimaculatus
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A South American headstander (Brazil, Peru and Guyana) that lives in schools in deeper water. It eats mainly plants.
- Scientific name
- Pseudanos trimaculatus
- Family
- Anostomidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Anostomidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Anostomus trimaculatus, Schizodon trimaculatus
Origin
- Native region
- América do Sul
Water
- Temperature
- 23–27 °C
- pH
- 6–7.5
- General hardness (GH)
- 1–18 °dGH
Size and lifespan
- Adult size
- 12.5 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Semi-aggressive
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
- Diet
- Herbivore
Care
- Care difficulty
- Moderate
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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