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|origin=:Known only from Rio Preto/Rio Marca catchment in Amapa, northern Brazil.
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== Origin ==
|sexing=:Females will be more full in the belly than males.
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:Known only from Rio Preto/Rio Marca catchment in Amapa, northern Brazil.
|tank_compatibility=:A peaceful community fish that's best kept in shoals of 6-8 or more. Keep with other peaceful community fish, best not kept with slow-moving long-finned fish.
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|diet=:Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[daphnia]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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|feeding_regime=:Feed once or twice a day.
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== Sexing ==
|environment_specifics=:Prefers a spacious tank with dense planting and hiding places as well as some open swimming space. Must have acidic softwater conditions.
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:Females will be more full in the belly than males.
|behaviour=:A peaceful mid-swimming active shoaling fish.
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|identification=:This little tetra has a pale iridescent body with a bold red line from the gill plate to the caudal peduncle, it is underlined with a thinner white band and black band. The eye is also half red. The fins are generally colourless with a hint of yellow.
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== Tank compatibility ==
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:A peaceful community fish that's best kept in shoals of 6-8 or more. Keep with other peaceful community fish, best not kept with slow-moving long-finned fish.
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== Diet ==
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:Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as [[daphnia]] and [[brine shrimp]].
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== Feeding regime ==
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:Feed once or twice a day.
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== Environment specifics ==
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:Prefers a spacious tank with dense planting and hiding places as well as some open swimming space. Must have acidic softwater conditions.
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== Behaviour ==
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:A peaceful mid-swimming active shoaling fish.
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== Identification ==
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:This little tetra has a pale iridescent body with a bold red line from the gill plate to the caudal peduncle, it is underlined with a thinner white band and black band. The eye is also half red. The fins are generally colourless with a hint of yellow.
  
 
:Can be mistaken for ''[[Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus]]'', however ''H.amapaensis'''s black band under the red lateral band is much thinner than ''H.heterorhabdus''.
 
:Can be mistaken for ''[[Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus]]'', however ''H.amapaensis'''s black band under the red lateral band is much thinner than ''H.heterorhabdus''.
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Latest revision as of 03:21, 13 December 2017

Red Line Tetra

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Red Line Tetra

Hyphessobrycon amapaensis

57 Litres (15 US G.)

2.5-3cm (1-1.2 ")

sg

Freshwater

pH

5.3 - 6.5

24.4-26.7°C (76 -80 °F)

1-5 °d

1:2 M:F

Omnivore
Pellet Foods
Flake Foods
Live Foods

3-5 years

Family

Characidae



Additional names

Red Line Tetra, Scarlet Tetra


Origin[edit]

Known only from Rio Preto/Rio Marca catchment in Amapa, northern Brazil.


Sexing[edit]

Females will be more full in the belly than males.


Tank compatibility[edit]

A peaceful community fish that's best kept in shoals of 6-8 or more. Keep with other peaceful community fish, best not kept with slow-moving long-finned fish.


Diet[edit]

Will accept most foods including pellet and flake as well as live/frozen food such as daphnia and brine shrimp.


Feeding regime[edit]

Feed once or twice a day.


Environment specifics[edit]

Prefers a spacious tank with dense planting and hiding places as well as some open swimming space. Must have acidic softwater conditions.


Behaviour[edit]

A peaceful mid-swimming active shoaling fish.


Identification[edit]

This little tetra has a pale iridescent body with a bold red line from the gill plate to the caudal peduncle, it is underlined with a thinner white band and black band. The eye is also half red. The fins are generally colourless with a hint of yellow.
Can be mistaken for Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus, however H.amapaensis's black band under the red lateral band is much thinner than H.heterorhabdus.

Pictures[edit]

External links[edit]

  • Fishbase (Mirrors:
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