| Disk tetra | |
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| Disk Tetra, Myleus schomburgkii | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Myleus |
| Species: | M. schomburgkii |
| Binomial name | |
| Myleus schomburgkii (Jardine, 1841) |
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Contents |
In an aquarium the disk tetra grows to 40 cm. It prefers a pH of 5.0 to 7.0 and a temperature of 23°C to 27°C. They are related to pacus and piranhas. They primarily eat fruits, small fish, crustaceans, clams and snails. Note that this fish is capable of delivering serious bites.
South America: middle and lower Amazon River basin, Nanay River, upper Orinoco River basin in Brazil, Peru, Venezuela and possibly in Suriname.
This fish is of minor importance as a food fish in addition to its use as an aquarium fish.