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Charax condei

No common name
Collection Details

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Taxonomic Hierarchy

Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes) Characiformes (Characins) Characidae (Characins) Charax Charax condei

Description

This species account was compiled from FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version 04/2025.) and processed using AI-assisted text extraction. It may contain errors in spelling, punctuation, or formatting. When citing, please reference the original source rather than this page. Learn more about our species accounts.

Characters

Body shape: elongated.

Distribution

South America: Negro River basin in Brazil.

Habitat Associations

Freshwater. benthopelagic.

Biology

Feeds on smaller fishes (Ref. 1672).
Max length: 5.4 cm SL.
Reproductive mode: dioecism; fertilization: external; nonguarders (open water/substratum egg scatterers); parental care: none.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2021-03-04.

Commercial or Environmental Importance

Fisheries: commercial; aquarium: commercial.

References

Riehl, R. and H.A. Baensch (1991) Aquarien Atlas. Band. 1. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur-und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 992 p.
Lucena, C.A.S. and N.A. Menezes (2003) Subfamily Characinae (Characins, tetras). p. 200-208. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

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