Costello tetra

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Costello tetra
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Hemigrammus
Species: H. hyanuary
Binomial name
Hemigrammus hyanuary
Durbin, 1918

The Costello tetra is a fish from the Amazon basin and is found in Brazil and Peru.[1] The specific name comes from Lake Hyanuary in Brazil. Other common names used in English are January tetra and green neon. The name "green neon" is also used for Paracheirodon simulans.

Water conditions

In the wild, this fish comes from soft or very soft and slightly acidic water. In an aquarium, some attempt to mimic these water conditions is necessary.

Parameters

pH of between 6 and 7.5. Hardness of up to 15 degrees of general hardness. Temperature of 23–27 °C (73–81 °F).[2]

Nutrition

The Costello tetra is an omnivore with a preference for animal foods like small worms, crustaceans and insect larvae. In an aquarium they will eat normal good quality fish flakes readily. They benefit from a variety of food, including live and frozen foods including bloodworms.

Conservation status

The Costello tetra is a species of least concern with a stable population.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 R. Reis & F. Lima (2009). "Hemigrammus hyanuary". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved September 20, 2012. 
  2. ↑ Fishbase

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