Neon tetra
| Neon tetra | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kinrick: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Cless: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Faimily: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Paracheirodon |
| Species: | P. innesi |
| Binomial name | |
| Paracheirodon innesi (G. S. Myers, 1936) [1]
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The neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) is a freshwatter fish o the characin faimily (faimily Characidae) o order Characiformes. The type species o its genus, it is native tae blackwatter or clearwatter streams in sootheastren Colombie, eastren Peru, an wastren Brazil, includin the tributaries o the Solimões whaur the watter is atween 20 an 26°C (68 an 79°F).[2] It is nae foond in the whitewatter rivers o Andean origin. Its bricht colourin maks the fish veesible tae conspecifics in the dark blackwatter streams,[3] an is an aa the main raison for its popularity amang tropical fish hobbyists.
References[eedit | eedit soorce]
- ↑ "Paracheirodon innesi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Paracheirodon innesi" in FishBase. July 2008 version.
- ↑ Ikeda, Takehide; Kohshima Shiro (2009). Why is the neon tetra so bright? Coloration for mirror-image projection to confuse predators? "Mirror-image decoy" hypothesis. Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 86, Number 3, 427-441, doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9543-y