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Abramites hypselonotus

15 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

When searching for food, it often swims with it head bowed down. During breeding, the female deposits it eggs in areas where aquatic vegetation is dense.

Acaronia nassa

Cichlidae

16 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

stick catfish

Acestridium dichromum

5 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Aequidens diadema

Cichlidae

8 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

mojarra meta

Aequidens metae

10 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Aequidens tetramerus

Cichlidae

14 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Ammocryptocharax elegans

Crenuchidae

3 cm

solitary

carnivorous

four-eyed

Anableps anableps

25 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Ancistrus gymnorhynchus

Loricariidae

13 cm

solitary

omnivorous

blue acara

Andinoacara pulcher

12 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

red mouth headstander

Anostomus ternetzi

10 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Apistogramma diplotaenia

Cichlidae

3 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma gephyra

Cichlidae

3 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma guttata

Cichlidae

7 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma helkeri

Cichlidae

3 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma hongsloi

Cichlidae

5 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

apistograma

Apistogramma nororientalis

5 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma piaroa

Cichlidae

4 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma steindachneri

Cichlidae

7 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Apistogramma velifera

Cichlidae

4 cm

living as a couple

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Asterophysus batrachus

Auchenipteridae

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Astronotus ocellatus

Cichlidae

25 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

It must be kept in a good sized aquarium with efficient filtration, as it is used to chewing it food and scattering it. It is sometimes aggressive toward other species. It breeds easily in captivity. There are several varieties.

Astyanax fasciatus

Characidae

12 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

venezuelan astyanax

Astyanax venezuelae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Baryancistrus demantoides

Loricariidae

15 cm

solitary

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Biotodoma wavrini

Cichlidae

8 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Boulengerella maculata

Ctenoluciidae

28 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Brachyplatystoma platynemum

Pimelodidae

50 cm

solitary

carnivorous

headstander

Chilodus gracilis

15 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Cichla ocellaris

Cichlidae

50 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Cichla orinocensis

Cichlidae

40 cm

living in colonies

carnivorous

Cichlasoma bimaculatum

Cichlidae

10 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Cleithracara maronii

Cichlidae

8 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

amazon puffer

Colomesus asellus

7 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

banded puffer

Colomesus psittacus

25 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Colossoma macropomum

Serrasalmidae

70 cm

living in a group or alone

omnivorous with herbivorous tendency

Copella metae

Lebiasinidae

3 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Copella nattereri

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

bronze corydoras

Corydoras aeneus

6 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Small barbs located around its mouth enable it to search for food in the sand or mud. It goes regularly at the surface to breathe oxygen from the air. It acclimate easily to aquarium.

Corydoras bondi

Callichthyidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Corydoras concolor

Callichthyidae

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

dwarf cory

Corydoras habrosus

2 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

sword-cheeked tetra

Corynopoma riisei

6 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Crenicichla saxatilis

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Crenicichla zebrina

Cichlidae

25 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Crenuchus spilurus

Crenuchidae

5 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Ctenobrycon spilurus

Characidae

7 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Ctenolucius hujeta

Ctenoluciidae

20 cm

solitary

carnivorous

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