Family: Characidae

Species: Hemigrammus rhodostomus

Size: 5cm (2 inch)

Diet: Omnivorous

Tank levels: Middle and lower

Habitat: Lower stretches of the Amazon River

Remarks: It is sensitive to water changes.

Comments: The distinguishing feature of this slim-bodied tetra is the striking red head; the caudal fin is also pattered. The red area is confined to the head in the Rummy-nose Tetra, but many extend as a streak on to the body in the similar False Rummy-nose (Petitella georgiae). The caudal fin is marked (faintly on this juvenile) by three horizontal black bars, and the lobe tips are colourless. A thin black, often indistinct, line runs forwards from the base of the caudal fin towards the base of the dorsal fin.

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