Description

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Common Names

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Glødelystetra , Danish , Denmark

Fire neon , English , USA

Glo-lite tetra , English , USA

Glow light , English , Philippines

Glowlight tetra , English , USA

Punatriip-vöötsaba tetra , Estonian , Estonia

Punatriip-vöötsabatetra , Estonian , Estonia

Rubiinitetra , Finnish , Finland

Glühlichtsalmler , German , Germany

紅帶半線脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

红带半线脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Zwinnik jarzeniec , Polish , Poland

Eritrozonus , Russian , Russia

Glödbandstetra , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Hemigrammus

Species: Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Feeds on worms, small crustaceans and plants (Ref. 7020). Maximum length questionable (Ref. 38376). Maximum length reported to reach 4 cm TL (Ref. 7020). A popular aquarium fish (Ref. 598). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size 60 cm (Ref. 51539).

Habitat

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benthopelagic