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Name

Scientific name

Iguanodectes adujai

Described by

Authority Géry, Year 1970

Family

Iguanodectidae

Common names

Not recorded

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Summary

Traded as the 'red line lizard tetra', Iguanodectes adujai is a characin from the rio Negro in Brazil and the upper Río Orinoco in Venezuel…

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

62mm, standard length

Aquarium size

Minimum length 90 cm, Minimum depth 30 cm

Water

Water conditions

Temperature 20–26°C, pH 5–7

Hardness

1–5dGH

Conductivity

Not recorded

Behaviour

Temperament

Peaceful

Social needs

A shoal or group

Community suitability

Not for a community

Where it lives

Countries, regions, rivers and lakes

Brazil, Venezuela, Adujá, Amazon, Itú, Negro, Orinoco

Writing

Etymology

Iguanodectes: from the Taino iwana, meaning 'lizard', and Ancient Greek déktés, meaning 'biter'. adujai: named for its type locality, the rio Adujá in Brazil.

Distribution

This species is known from the rio Negro within the Brazilan Amazon basin and upper Río Orinoco system in Venezuela. Type locality is 'Rio Adujá, Rio Itú, trib…

Habitat

Little information is available but this species is assumed to be an inhabitant of smaller tributary channels containing pristine blackwater, and its elongate …

Aquarium size

An aquarium with surface dimensions of 90 ∗ 30 cm or similar should be the smallest considered.

Maintenance

Probably most-suited to an arrangement comprising a sandy substrate plus some driftwood roots and branches, although it should also thrive in a planted set-up.…

Water conditions

Not written yet

Diet

Likely to be omnivorous feeding on small invertebrates, crustacea, filamentous algae, fallen fruit and suchlike in nature. In aquaria it may survive on a diet …

Behaviour and compatibility

Generally peaceful making it an ideal resident of the well-researched community aquarium. It’s perhaps best-maintained alongside similarly-sized characids, gas…

Sexual dimorphism

Not written yet

Reproduction

Not written yet

Notes

I. adujai is typically exported for the aquarium hobby alongside the similar-looking congener I. geisleri (Géry, 1970) but can be identified by absence (vs. pr…

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