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Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858)

Description

Common Names

  • Yaya , Creole, French , French Guiana
  • Halebåndstetra , Danish , Denmark
  • Feather fin , English , USA
  • Featherfin , English , USA
  • Featherfin sardine , English , Trinidad Tobago
  • Featherfin tetra , English , USA
  • Featherfin tetra , English , Global
  • One-line tetra , English , USA
  • Harmaatetra , Finnish , Finland
  • Sulkatetra , Finnish , Finland
  • Tétra à drapeau , French , French Guiana
  • Pikili , Galibi , French Guiana
  • Schwanzstrichsalmler , German , Germany
  • 单纹杂花脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 单线半线脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 單紋雜花脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 單線半線脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Ixha , Palicur (Palikur) , French Guiana
  • Zwinnik jednopregi , Polish , Poland
  • Lambari pipira , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Piaba , Portuguese (Tupi) , Brazil
  • Sardinita , Spanish , Ecuador
  • Enbandstetra , Swedish , Sweden

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Characiformes

    Family: Characidae

    Genus: Hemigrammus

    Species: Hemigrammus unilineatus (Gill, 1858)

    Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

    Biology

    Usually found in ponds, ditches, slow flowing streams, both clear and turbid, in both open and shaded areas. A voracious species which feeds on small crustaceans, insects and mollusks (Ref. 12225). Gregarious and non-aggressive, it is reputedly easy to rear and to reproduce in the aquarium (Ref. 27188). Maximum length questionable (Ref. 38376).

    Habitat

    benthopelagic