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SpeciesCharaciformesCharacidae
Fish

🐟Neon tetra

Paracheirodon innesi (Myers, 1936)

The neon tetra is a species of freshwater fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins, of the order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater and clearwater streams in the Amazon basin of South America. Its bright colouring makes the fish visible to conspecifics in the dark blackwater streams, 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.

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Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2023.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
not recorded
Body length
0.02 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Body length
0.02 mmaximum recorded
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Trophic level
2.92
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Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 2.92 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
harmless
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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCharaciformes
  4. ›familyCharacidae
  5. ›genusParacheirodon
  6. ›speciesParacheirodon innesi
Full lineage
  1. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  2. superorderCharaciphysae
  3. orderCharaciformes
  4. genusParacheirodon
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
  7. classActinopteri
  8. subclassNeopterygii
  9. superorderCharaciphysae
  10. orderCharaciformes
  11. genusParacheirodon
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In other languages
Paracheirodon innesi (ca), neonka obecná (cs), Almindelig neon (da), Neonsalmler (de), تترای نئون (fa), neontetra (fi) … and 22 more languages
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