CHARACINS
ALESTIIDAE FAMILY
The Alestiidae or African Tetra family is composed of, among others, the genera Alestes, Arnoldichthys, Brycinus, Hemigrammopetersius, Hydrocynus and Phenacogrammus and are exclusively found in Africa.
Characins: Click on the small images below
for more information about each one.
Red Piranha
Pygocentrus nattereri ...
All characins are highly sensitive to water parameters and conditions; the water quality should be stable, and use of medications should be avoided unless absolutely essential.
Most characins are omnivorous, opportunistic feeders that take anything from fallen fruit to insect larvae and smaller fishes. Characins are egg-scatterers and are not live-bearers.
Characins
Silver Dollars
Pacu
Piranha
Tetra
Black Phantom Tetra - Hyphessobrycon megalopterus
Black Neon Tetra - Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
Black Tetra - Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Bleeding Heart Tetra - Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma ...
Characins
Tetras, pencilfish, pacus, piranhas and others.
Species are in alphabetical order according to their Latin names ...
Characins family is part of Characoidea subclass, which is included in Cypriniformes class. Characidae fish come from freshwater fish from Africa, South and Central America and south SUA.
Characins
These fish originate in South America and Africa. They are very suitable fish for any aquarium, and their sizes vary. Tetras are probably the most famous of this family, Neon Tetras are always popular.
Tetras & Other Characins
Resources for the care and breeding of Tetras.
Emperor Tetra ...
Characins - Tetras
Black Neon Tetra
A nice little tetra that can be quite hardy and looks really good in a planted tank or aquariums with darker substrates.
Characins - Loosely, a large group of fishes that includes (the mainly South American) Tetras and also some predators such as the Piranha.
Characins
Common term used to describe fish of the order Characoidei
Characoidei ...
Characins, or Characiformes, are native to Africa and Central America. Most of them have teeth and prefer insects, but will hardly balk at other types of food.
Characins are most diverse in the Neotropics, where they are found in tropical lakes and rivers throughout most of South America, Central America, and central Africa.
Characins
Black Tetra (Gymnocorymbus Ternetzi)
Blind Cave Fish (Astyanax jordani)
Bloodfin Tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
Blue Tetra (Boehlkea fredcochui)
Dawn Tetra (Aphyocharax paraguayensis)
Discus Tetra (Brachychalcinus orbicularis) ...
Family: Characins
Origin: Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and eastern Peru
Adult size: almost 3 inches ...
Order:Characins
Class: Actinopterygii
Maximum size: 6 cm / 2.5 inches. A tank of at least 20 gallons is preferred because of their size. They will stay at the top to medium level in your aquarium. So the bigger surface area the better.
The Blood Characins are some of the easier Tetras to breed. Condition the pair well and use a small breeding tank (3 to 5 gallons) with a dark substrate and containing many fine leafed plants such as Myriophyllum, Cabomba and some Java moss, ...
As with most Characins (see Characidae), they are omnivores and prefer a varied diet, including live or frozen food, and vegetables. However, they will not swim to the bottom to eat so all food must float.
Small peaceful characins or other non aggressive community fish. Keep in shoals.
Breeding ...
- plecos are omnivorous, consuming large quantities of algae, plant matter, and the occasional dead fish that sinks to the bottom - plecos are primarily scavengers and are too poorly designed to be hunters, but large plecos will eat small characins ...
Somewhat related to Tetras, Hatchets (family Gasteropelecidae) and Pencils (genus Nannostomus) are Characins from South America. Many of them need soft and acid water and all of them are delicate.
Ideal companions include other Corydoras Catfishes (they would probably perform even more mirthful antics if kept with pygmaeus), various small Characins such as Cardinals and Lemons (both of which share my Pandas' home), ...
Like the Characins, Alestiids range in size from 1.5cm (less than 1 inch) to 150cm (5 feet). There is also considerable diversity in the lifestyles of these fishes.
Avoid housing this fish with some of the more active characins and barbs.
The tanks with limpid colorless water, neutral or slightly acid, are inhabited by small Characins that are somewhat difficult for amateurs to keep.
Quarantine has been sort of a nightmare since all our tanks were already filled and - once back home - we were sitting there with many bags filled with Corydoras, Apistogrammas, every kind of loriicarid you can think of, characins etc.
Pacu are members of the Serrasalminae sub-family of Characins. The Characins is the group of fish, primarily from South America and Africa, that is best known as the Tetras.
There are more than a thousand species of Tetras and other Characins. Most do not tolerate new-tank conditions, but we probably left out a hundred or so more that do. We have listed the hardiest of the most commonly-available species here.
This fish is the KING of Characins...it is by far the largest. This is a big, powerful, and well protected Tetra!
Because of it's size and look as well as it's open habitats this fish is more of a gamefish than pet worthy.
Tetras are tropical freshwater fish belonging to the family Characidae (sometimes they are referred to as characins) that are found in South and Central America and Africa.
Small to medium sized characins familiar to and previously assigned to the Characidae. The most well-known species in aquaristics is Congo tetra, which grows relatively big.
Lepidarchus adonis
Jellybean tetra ...
This fish belongs to the Lebiasinidae family of characins and is also known as the golden pencilfish. Forms groups where the males dominate to defend their territory. Is highly appreciated by aquarists.
This is known as the 'adipose fin', and it can be a small singular structure (as in characins) or a more elaborate one (as in some catfishes).
In nature they swim in schools, often in combination with characins, and this should also be the case in an aquarium.
Breeding: No detailed breeding reports available, probably similar to other characins.
Sexual dimorphism: See pictures. The males display a deep copper red color, females are less colorful.
Prices:Around 3€ ...
Silver hatchet already featured in Characins section, Marble hatchet with photo to follow.
African glass catfish
Diz Waldron ...
Pharyngeal Teeth: Sometimes known as false-teeth or characin teeth. They are teeth that lie in the throat of some characins. These teeth act as a second set of teeth, in addition to the outer teeth.
The adipose fin is found mainly on Characins and not on other species.
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Adipose Fin A small fleshy fin located behind the dorsal fin and in front of the caudal fin. It is usually only found on characins and some catfish.
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Species:
Freshwater fish can be classified by family. The families of freshwater fish include anabantoids, catfish, characins, cichlids, cyprinids, livebearers, loaches, and rainbowfish.
two dorsal fins, the largest will be the main "spiny" dorsal fin, the smaller one towards the back of the fin is named the "soft" dorsal fin or "adipose" fin. In some fish the dorsal fin can be absent. The adipose fin is always present in Characins, ...
 See also: Characin, Fish, Water, Aquarium, Species
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