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Teleostei (teleosts) > Characiformes (Characins) > Gasteropelecidae (Freshwater hatchetfishes)
Etymology: Carnegiella: After Miss Margaret Carnegie, referring to the grace of the fish.
More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; pelagic; pH range: 5.0 - 8.0; dH range: 5 - 19. Tropical; 24°C - 28°C (Ref. 1672)

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South America: Lower, middle and upper Amazon River basin; south of Amazon; and Caqueta River in Colombia.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 3.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 39056)

Lives in groups. Feeds on crustaceans and insects (Ref. 7020). The females have an abdomen which is larger than those of the males. The eggs fall on the bottom or on vegetation and these hatch after 36 hours incubation at 25°C (Ref. 12225). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; may jump out of the aquarium; minimum aquarium size 80 cm (Ref. 51539).

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator : Weitzman, Stanley | Collaborators

Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm. (Ref. 598)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 20 October 2020

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Aquarium: commercial

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Carnegiella strigata (Günther, 1864)