Description

Also known as Blackline Penquinfish, Hockey Stick Characin, Hockey Stickfish, Obliqua Penguin Tetra, Penguin Tetra, Short-striped Hockey Stick Tetra, Short-striped Penquinfish.

Found in schools, around dense vegetation, in streams and tributaries, of river basins, in central sections of the Amazon.
They feed on crustaceans, small insects, worms, and zooplankton.
Length - 7.6cm
Depth - ?m
Widespread South America

Popular aquarium fish!
Related to Piranha's.
Piranha's have a fearsome reputation (because of James bond 007) as a voracious predator that can strip flesh off bones in minutes, although they have razor sharp teeth they are in fact quite timid scavengers. Ref: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/12401