The neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater and clearwater streams in the Amazon basin of South America.[2][3] Its bright colouring makes the fish visible to conspecifics in the dark blackwater streams,[4] and is also the main reason for its popularity among freshwater fish hobbyists, with neon tetras being one of the most widely kept tropical fish in the world.[5]
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cute called "bush babies", and a kind of fish the band liked called a "neontetra" (taking one word from each of those names). The band thought the name...
neotropical fishes, some of which are popular aquarium specimens like the neontetra and the freshwater angelfish. More than 5,600 species were known as of...
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aquarium trade, such as the oscar, discus, angelfish, Corydoras catfish and neontetra. Although the true danger they represent often is greatly exaggerated...
Ghana, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire. The Adonis tetra can reach 2.1 cm long, smaller than the neontetra, and is one of the smallest fish normally kept...
a group of endemic infectious diseases that primarily affect the poor Neontetra disease, a disease affecting tropical aquarium fish Neural tube defect...
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