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Arua Tetra

Hemigrammus arua

Also known as: Blackspot Tetra, Comma Tetra, Halfred Hemigrammus

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@min1300 · home aquarium, United Kingdom · December 20191 / 1
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Overview

Found in schools, in shallow, marginal areas, rich with vegetation, over streams and tributaries of river basins.
Widespread South America

Popular aquarium fish!

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How to identify

COLOURS
Pattern
black spot
Behaviour
schooling

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Habitat & where to find it

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Found in schools, in shallow, marginal areas, rich with vegetation, over streams and tributaries of river basins.

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumChordata
    3. classTeleostei
    4. orderCharaciformes
    5. familyAcestrorhamphidae
    6. genusHemigrammus
    7. speciesHemigrammus arua Lima, Wosiacki & Ramos, 2009

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