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Related FAQs: Crenuchine
Fishes, Characid/Tetra
Fishes,
Related Articles: Characiform
Fishes,
To Subfamilies of Characids:
Alestiine
Characid Fishes, Characinine/Tetra Fishes, Piranhas and Relatives,
subfamily Serrasalminae, Tetragonopterine/Tetra Fishes,
/The Conscientious
Aquarist, /A Diversity of Aquatic Life
The
Characid/Tetra Fishes, family Characidae, Subfamily Crenuchinae
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By Bob Fenner |
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Northern South America. 2 genera (Crenuchus, Poecilocharax), 3
species.
| Crenuchus spilurus Gunther 1863, the Sailfin Tetra.
South America; Guianas, Orinoco and Amazonas Basins. To 5.7 cm. in length.
pH 5.5-6.5, dH to 5, temp. 24-28 C. A solitary, predatory species that
lives on insect larvae and crustaceans in the wild. Males guard the nest
of about one hundred eggs spawned on a rock or plant leaf. Aquarium photo.
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