Neon tetra
Scientific classification
Kinrick: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Cless: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Faimily: Characidae
Genus: Paracheirodon
Species: P. innesi
Binomial name
Paracheirodon innesi
(G. S. Myers, 1936) [1]

The neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) is a freshwatter fish o the characin faimily (faimily Characidae) o order Characiformes. The type species o its genus, it is native tae blackwatter or clearwatter streams in sootheastren Colombie, eastren Peru, an wastren Brazil, includin the tributaries o the Solimões whaur the watter is atween 20 an 26°C (68 an 79°F).[2] It is nae foond in the whitewatter rivers o Andean origin. Its bricht colourin maks the fish veesible tae conspecifics in the dark blackwatter streams,[3] an is an aa the main raison for its popularity amang tropical fish hobbyists.

References eedit

  1. "Paracheirodon innesi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Paracheirodon innesi" in FishBase. July 2008 version.
  3. Ikeda, Takehide; Kohshima Shiro (2009). Why is the neon tetra so bright? Coloration for mirror-image projection to confuse predators? "Mirror-image decoy" hypothesis. Environmental Biology of Fishes, Volume 86, Number 3, 427-441, doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9543-y