Overview
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Danish:
Smokingtetra
Common Names in English:
Red Eye Liza, Red eye tetra, Red-Eye Round Herring, Red-eye tetra, Redeye Roundherring, Redeye tetra, yellow-banded moenkhausia, Yellowhead characin
Common Names in Finnish:
Punasilm, Punasilmätetra
Common Names in German:
Rotaugen-Moenkhausia, Rotaugensalmler
Common Names in Guarani:
Piki, Pikih
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
黃帶直線脂鯉, 黄带直线脂鲤
Common Names in Polish:
Blyszczyk paranski
Common Names in Portuguese:
Lambari, Lambari olho-de-fogo, Pequira
Common Names in Russian:
Krasnoglazaya tetra
Common Names in Spanish:
Mojarra, Sardinita
Common Names in Swedish:
Rödögonmoenkhausia
Description
Habitat
Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size 80 cm[1].
Biome: Marine .
Biology
Diet
Feeds on worms, insects, crustaceans and plant matter[2].
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Characiformes
()
- Family:
Characidae
()
- Subfamily:
Tetragonopterinae
()
- Genus:
Moenkhausia
()
- Eigenmann, 1903
- Specific name:
sanctaefilomenae
- Scientific name: - Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907)
- Specific name:
sanctaefilomenae
- Genus:
Moenkhausia
(
- Subfamily:
Tetragonopterinae
(
- Family:
Characidae
(
- Order:
Characiformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Moenkhausia sanctae-filomenae • Moenkhausia sanctae-filomenae (Steindachner • Moenkhausia sanctae-filomenae (Steindachner, 1907) • Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae • Tetragonopterus sanctae filomenae Steindachner • Tetragonopterus sanctaefilomenae • Tetragonopterus sanctaefilomenae Steindachner • Tetragonopterus sanctaefilomenae Steindachner, 1907
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
First described: Steindachner, F. Herpetologische Notizen III.
Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche
Klasse, Wien, 27:355-356., 1907.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 29-May-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Moenkhausia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. colletti (Colletti Tetra) · M. collettii (Colletti Tetra) · M. dichroura (Spot-Tailed Moenkhausia) · M. oligolepis (Glass Headstander) · M. pittieri (Diamond Characin) · M. profunda (Yellow-Banded Moenkhausia) · M. sanctaefilomenae (Yellow-Banded Moenkhausia) · M. takasei (Black Jacket)
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Further Reading
- Benine, R. C. (2002). Moenkhausia levidorsa, a new species from Rio Aripuanã, Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 13(4):289-294.
- Riehl, R., and H. A. Baensch 1989. Aquarium Atlas. Hans A. Baensch. Melle, Germany. 992. ISBN: 3-88244-050-3.
- Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott (1991). World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (
- Robins, Richard C., Reeve M. Bailey, Carl E. Bond, James R. Brooker, Ernest A. Lachner, et al. 1991. World Fishes Important to North Americans Exclusive of Species from the Continental Waters of the United States and Canada. American Fisheries Society Special Publication, no. 21. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 243. ISBN: 0-913235-54-7.
- Steindachner, F. Herpetologische Notizen III. Anzeiger der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Wien, 27:355-356., 1907.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed June 01, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Moore, Jon A. (from FishBase).
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- GBIF-Sweden: Fishes (NRM)
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 132131
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27885
- Fishbase Species ID: 10674
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 162990
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 116902
Footnotes
- "Allium tribracteatum". in Flora of North America Vol. 26 Page 232, 268, 269. Oxford University Press. Online at EFloras.org. [back]
- Mills, D. and G. Vevers (1989). The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 pp. [back]
