Spotfin hatchetfish
Thoracocharax stellatus
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The most widespread hatchetfish in South America (Amazon, Orinoco and Paraná-Paraguay basins) and one of the largest. It lives where there is surface or bank vegetation and eats almost only insects, mostly terrestrial. It has a dark spot on the dorsal fin.
- Scientific name
- Thoracocharax stellatus
- Family
- Gasteropelecidae
Fact sheet
General
- Water
- Freshwater
- Group
- Fish
Taxonomy
- Family
- Gasteropelecidae
- Order
- Characiformes
- Synonyms
- Gastropelecus stellatus
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
- 7 cm
- Minimum tank (volume)
- 243 L
- Minimum tank (length)
- 120 cm
Behavior
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Social life
- School
- Swimming level
- Middle
Care
- Care difficulty
- Easy
Conservation and trade
- IUCN status
- Least concern (LC)
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