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Cyphocharax multilineatus

Curimatidae

14 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Dicrossus filamentosus

Cichlidae

5 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

electric eel

Electrophorus electricus

200 cm

solitary

carnivorous

The electric eel is a freshwater fish found in the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers. Like all species in the Gymnotes family, it has the ability to emit electric impulses. These animals have been studied since the 18th century and have inspired numerous research projects, such as Alessandro Volta's battery or more recently, in 2017, the development of hydrogels used in cardiac stimulators.

Exodon paradoxus

Characidae

15 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

whiptail catfish

Farlowella acus

14 cm

solitary

herbivorous

twig catfish

Farlowella vittata

16 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Gasteropelecus sternicla

Gasteropelecidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Geophagus abalios

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

carnivorous

Geophagus dicrozoster

Cichlidae

18 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Geophagus steindachneri

Cichlidae

18 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Geophagus winemilleri

Cichlidae

20 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

rosita

Gymnocorymbus bondi

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemiancistrus sp. 'L128'

Loricariidae

16 cm

solitary

omnivorous

Hemiancistrus subviridis

Loricariidae

18 cm

solitary

omnivorous

Hemigrammus bellottii

Characidae

2 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemigrammus lunatus

Characidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Hemigrammus ocellifer

Characidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

rummy-nose tetra

Hemigrammus rhodostomus

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Hemigrammus stictus

Characidae

4 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Hemiloricaria formosa

Loricariidae

14 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Hemiodus gracilis

Hemiodontidae

16 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Heros severus

Cichlidae

14 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

sardinita dientudo

Heterocharax macrolepis

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Wolffish

Hoplias malabaricus

50 cm

living as a couple or alone

carnivorous

Hydrolycus armatus

Cynodontidae

60 cm

solitary

carnivorous

Hypancistrus contradens

Loricariidae

11 cm

solitary

omnivorous

Hypancistrus inspector

Loricariidae

15 cm

solitary

omnivorous

Hyphessobrycon epicharis

Characidae

3 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Hyphessobrycon stictus

Characidae

5 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

red phantom tetra

Hyphessobrycon sweglesi

3 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Hypoptopoma gulare

Loricariidae

10 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Iguanodectes geisleri

Iguanodectidae

6 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Iguanodectes spilurus

Iguanodectidae

8 cm

living in shoals

omnivorous

Laetacara fulvipinnis

Cichlidae

5 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

lipstick leporinus

Leporinus arcus

35 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

kouana

Leporinus fasciatus

25 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

It is rather "shy". It lives in shaded areas or in natural hiding places where it black and yellow lines allow it to hide. It easily acclimate to an aquarium.

Loricaria simillima

Loricariidae

18 cm

living in small groups

omnivorous

Mesonauta egregius

Cichlidae

9 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

Metynnis altidorsalis

Serrasalmidae

11 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Micropoecilia picta

Poeciliidae

3 cm

living in small groups

carnivorous

ramirezi

Mikrogeophagus ramirezi

3 cm

living as a couple or in a group

omnivorous with carnivorous tendency

Moenkhausia pittieri

Characidae

6 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Myloplus rubripinnis

Serrasalmidae

35 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Myloplus schomburgkii

Serrasalmidae

15 cm

living in small groups

herbivorous

Mylossoma duriventre

Serrasalmidae

30 cm

living in colonies

herbivorous

Golden pencilfish

Nannostomus beckfordi

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Nannostomus eques

Lebiasinidae

4 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

Nannostomus marginatus

Lebiasinidae

3 cm

living in shoals

carnivorous

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