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Characins
Tetras and their brethren cover
a large group. There are some carnivores and some herbivores in
this group with the majority being omnivores. Most smaller species
like to school and range in temperment from supremely peaceful
to the Pirahna. Most require acidic softer water and come from
South America. Click
here for more info on Characins.
List Sort Common
Name | Scientific
Name
Arnold's
Red-Eyed Characin (Arnoldichthys
spilopterus)
Banded
Pencilfish (Nannostomus espei)
Beautiful
Scaled Characin (Copella nattereri)
Beckford's
Pencil Fish (Nannostomus beckfordi)
Black-banded
Pyrrhulia (Copella nigrofasciata)
Black
Neon Tetra (Hyphessobrycon ocillifer)
Black
Phantom Tetra (Megalomphodus megalopterus)
Black
Skirt Tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
Black
Winged Hatchetfish (Carnegiella marthae)
Bleeding
Heart Tetra (Hyphessobrycon eryhrostigma)
Blind
Cave Tetra (Astyanax fasciatus
mexicanus)
Bloodfin
Tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
Blue
Tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui)
Buenos
Aires Tetra (Hemigrammus caudovittatus)
Callistus
Tetra (Hyphessobrycon callistus)
Cardinal
Tetra (Paracheirodon axelrodi)
Common
Hatchetfish (Gasteropelecus sternicla)
Congo
Tetra (Phenacogrammus interruptus)
Darter
Characin (Characidium spec.)
Diamond
Tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri)
Dwarf
Pencilfish (Nannostomus marginatus)
Emperor
Tetra (Nematobrycon palmeri)
Exodon (Exodon
paradoxus)
False
Rummy-nose Tetra (Petitella georgiae)
Flame
Tetra (Hyphessobrycon flammeus)
Garnet
Tetra (Hemigrammus pulcher)
Glowlight
Tetra (Hemigrammus erythrozonus)
Gold
Tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi)
Harrison's
Pencilfish (Nannostomus harrisoni)
Head-and-tail-light
Tetra (Hemigrammus ocellifer)
Jewel
Tetra (Hyphessobrycon callistus)
King
Tetra (Inpaichthys kerri)
Kerry
Tetra (Inpaichthys kerri)
Knightly
Pencilfish (Poecilobrycon eques)
Lemon
Tetra (Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis)
Lesser
Penguin Fish (Thayeria obliqua)
Long-Finned Characin
(Alestes longipinnis)
Marbled
Hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata)
Marbled Headstander
(Abramites microcephalus)
Neon
Tetra (Paracheirodon innesi)
Penguin
Fish (Thayeria boehlkei)
Pristella
Tetra (Pristella
maxillaris)
Red-Bellied Pirahna (Serrasalamus
nattereri)
Red
Eyed Tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae)
Red
Spotted Copeina (Copeina guttata)
Rummy-nosed
Tetra (Hemigrammus bleheri)
Rummy-nose Tetra (Hemigrammus
rhodostomus)
Sailfin
Characin (Crenuchus spilurus)
Serpae
Tetra (Hyphessobrycon callistus)
Silver Dollar
(Metynnis roosevelti)
Silver Hatchetfish
(Thoracocharax securis)
Silver-Tipped
Tetra (Hasemania nana)
Splash
Tetra (Copella arnoldi)
Spotted Headstander
(Chilodus punctatus)
Striped Headstander (Anostomus
anostomus)
Striped Pyrrhulia
(Pyrrhulia vittata)
Three
Striped Pencilfish (Nannostomus trifasciatus)
Two
Lined Pencilfish (Nannostomus bifasciatus)
White
Skirt Tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi)
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