Carnegiella myersiPygmy Hatchetfish
Gasteropelecidae · Fernandez-Yepes, 1950
Max length
25mm SL1.0in SL
The pygmy hatchetfish, Carnegiella myersi, is a tiny freshwater hatchetfish from the Peruvian Amazon basin, with a second population in Bolivia. The smallest and most delicate of the nominal hatchetfishes, it has a shallower, rounded keel that gives it an elongate profile. It lives in small, shaded, shallow forest streams and must be kept in a group of at least six, away from active tankmates.