Tetra
📖 Overview
Collected only in lentic marginal portions of the stream, on muddy bottom with plenty of submersed vegetation .
🔬 Taxonomy
🐟 Physical Description
Body golden in life; transverse chevron-shaped bars along the horizontal midline of the body. Dorsal and pelvic fins elongated and filamentous in mature males. Thick anal fin rays and absence of anal fin lobe in mature males. A large caudal spot, covering at least half of the caudal peduncle and its base .: fusiform / normal.
🌀 Behaviour
Behavioural data for Tetra is currently being reviewed.
🦐 Diet
Diet information for Tetra is currently being compiled.
🥚 Reproduction
Reproduction data for Tetra is currently being compiled.
🌍 Habitat & Distribution
Freshwater; pelagic; depth range 0 - 2 m . Tropical South America: Teles Pires River in the upper Tapajós basin, Brazil.
🌿 Ecology
📐 Morphometrics
🌡️ Water Parameters & Tolerance
🛡️ Conservation Assessment
📊 Population Risk & Fisheries
🌐 Names & Taxonomy
| Language | Common Names |
|---|---|
| 🌍CES | tetra slunečná |
| 🇩🇪German | Kitty-Tetra |
| 🇵🇹Portuguese | Piaba · Tetra |
🔍 Similar Species
🗺️ Global Occurrence Map
Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .
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