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Quick "at a glance" statistics for many of the most commonly kept aquarium fish.

Characins
Common name
Scientific name
Adonis Lepidarchus adonis
Anostomus Anostomus anostomus
Beacon Fish, Head and Tail-light Hemigrammus ocellifer
Big Scaled African Characin Arnoldichthys spilopterus
Black-Winged Hatchetfish Carnegiella marthae
Black neon Tetra Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelodi
Black Phantom Tetra Hyphessobrycon megalopterus
Black Skirt tetra Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Bleeding Heart Tetra Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma
Blind Cave Fish Astyanax fasciatus mexicanus
Bloodfin Aphyocharax anisitsi
Blue Emperor, Kerri Tetra Inpaichthys kerri
Buenos Aires Tetra Hemigrammus caudovittatus (anisitsi)
Cardinal Tetra Paracheirdon axelrodi
Colombian Tetra Hyphessobrycon columbianus
Common ( Silver) Hatchetfish Gasteropelecus sternicla
Congo Tetra Micralestes interruptus
Diamond Tetra Moenkhausia pitteri
Ember Tetra Hyphessobrycon amandae
Emperor Tetra Nematobrycon palmeri
False Neon Tetra, Green Neon Paracheirodon simulans
Flag Tetra Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus
Flame Tetra Hyphessobrycon flammus
Glass Tetra Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae
Glowlight Tetra Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Golden Pencilfish Nannostomus beckfordi
Golden Tetra Hemigrammus rodwayi
Green Fire Tetra, Rathbun's Bloodfin, Aphyocharax rathbuni
Lemon Tetra Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Leporinus, Black banded Leporinus Leporinus fasciatus
Marbled Hatchetfish Carrnegiella strigata strigata
Marbled Headstander Abramites hypselontus
Neon Tetra Paracheirdon innessi
Pacu Collossoma bidens
Penguin Fish Thayeria boehlkei
Pink-tailed chalceus Chalceus macrolepidotus
Pretty Tetra Hemigramus pulcher
Red-Bellied Piranha Pygocentrus nattereri
Red Phantom Tetra Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
Red Spotted Copeina Copeina guttata
Rosy Tetra Hyphessobrycon rosaleus
Rummy nose Tetra Hemigramus rhodstomus
Serpae Tetra Hyphessobrycon eques
Silver Prochilodus Semaprochilodus taeniurus
Silvertip Tetra Hasimania nana
Slender Tetra Iguanodectes Spilurus
Striped Headstander Anostomus anostomus
Striped Pike-Characin Boulengerella lateristriga
Ternetz's Anostomus Anostomus ternetzi
Ulreys' Tetra Hemigrammus ulreyi
Xray Fish or Pristella Pristella maxillaris
Yellow Tetra Hyphessobrycon bifasiatus

 

 

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