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Characodon

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Where the name comes fromEdit

from the genus name Charax and Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odous), meaning ‘tooth’, in reference to the presence of a row of villiform teeth behind the incisors, this being reminiscent of characiform dentition.

Characodon lateralisRainbow Characodon

Günther, 1866

Max length
65mm SL2.6in SL
Tank
120 × 30cm48 × 12in
Temp
18–24°C64–75°F
pH
6.0–8.0

The rainbow characodon, Characodon lateralis, is a goodeid putatively restricted to springs below the El Saltito waterfall in Durango, Mexico. Populations above the waterfall in the upper Río Mezquital appear to be the congener C. audax, and the names 'rainbow goodeid' and 'red prince' have been applied to both. Endangered in the wild, each population differs in colour and shape and should be kept separately in aquaria, never mixed with the aquarium strain of unclear origin.

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