blue tetra

Mimagoniates est un genre de poissons téléostéens de la famille des Characidae et de l'ordre des Characiformes.

Mimagoniates microlepis, also known as the blue tetra (a common name shared with Tyttocharax madeirae, Knodus borki, and possibly other Characidae, as well), the croaking tetra (a name also applied to Mimagoniates inequalis and Mimagoniates lateralis), the small-scaled tetra, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. First identified by Franz Steindachner in 1876 and named Paragoniates microlepis, it has also been identified as Coelurichthys iporangae (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908), Coelurichthys lateralis, and Mimagoniates iporangae (McAllister, 1990) besides…

Mimagoniates microlepis es una especie de peces de la familia Characidae en el orden de los Characiformes. Morfología Los machos pueden llegar alcanzar los 6,1 cm de longitud total. ​ Hábitat Vive en zonas de clima tropical entre 18 °C - 23 °C de temperatura.