Astyanax kennedyi
Kennedy's Tetra
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Quick facts
Difficulty5 of 8 measures
More bars, more demanding. The first 7 are averaged into the rating.
- Space
- modest tank
- Water
- tap water
- Temp
- steady heat
- Diet
- unknown
- Temperament
- unknown
- Social
- shoal
- Compatibility
- community tank
Not averaged. It sets the lowest rating this fish can be given, whatever the measures above say.
- Hardiness
- unknown
Endemic to pthe upper Amazon basin in Peru, around the city of Iquitos. Most Astyanax spp. are not popular in the aquarium hobby, though the genus is among the most speciose within the family Characidae. A. kennedyi is no exception; you'll rarely see it offered for sale but may find the occasional specimen mixed among other species in shipments of wild fishes from Peru.
Distribution
Habitat
No data available.
Aquarium size
A tank? with base dimensions measuring 80 ∗ 30 cm31 ∗ 12 in or similar should prove sufficient.
Maintenance
Thrives in a typical Amazon-themed set-up, with a sandy substrate, driftwood branches, twisted roots, and tannin-stained water. A few handfuls of dried beech or oak leaves completes the effect. It should also do well in a planted aquarium.
Water conditions
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Diet
Apparently preys on invertebrates and smaller fishes in nature. Its captive diet should contain plenty of small live and frozen morsels alongside good quality dried foods.
Behaviour and compatibility
Shouldn't be kept with very tiny fish as it might predate on them but suitable for most communities of similarly-sized, peaceful species. Ideal tankmates include characins, non-piscivorous South American cichlids plus catfishes from the families Callichthyidae and? Loricariidae.
Sexual dimorphism
The female is rounder in the body than the male, especially when full of eggs.
Reproduction
Unreported in the hobby as far as we know.
Notes
Most Astyanax? spp. are not popular in the aquarium hobby, though the genus is among the most speciose within the family Characidae. A. kennedyi is no exception; you'll rarely see it offered for sale but may find the occasional specimen mixed among other species in shipments of wild fishes from Peru.
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