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Metynnis fasciatus
Metynnis fasciatus
Adults retain clear stripes, unlike similar trade forms showing stripes only as juveniles.
Adults retain clear stripes, unlike similar trade forms showing stripes only as juveniles. Courting males may develop a black face.
- Adult length
- Up to 5.8 cm (standard length, without the tail fin)
- Water temperature
- 22–30 °C
- pH
- 5.5–7.5
- Natural habitat
- Native to the Capiuru River basin in the middle Amazon drainage.
Same-species behaviour
Keep a group, in an aquarium longer than 150 cm for adults. Keep open swimming lanes; live aquatic plants may be rapidly eaten.
Diet and feeding
A plant-oriented omnivore that also accepts some animal foods.