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Moenkhausia iris
“ There is nothing better than visiting the fresh arrivals at my neighborhood fish market. ”
– Lou Cardoso
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Moenkhausia
Species: Moenkhausia iris
Descendant: none
Named by: Manoela Maria Ferreira Marinho and Fernando César Paiva Dagosta
Year Published: 2023
Size: smaller
Lifespan: 5–8 years
Activity: Diurnal 🌅
Thermoregulate: Ectotherm
Type: Bony Fishes (Tetras)
Title(s): none
Other Name(s)/Alias(es): none
Pantheon:
Terran/Gaian 🇺🇳
Brazilian 🇧🇷
Time Period: Holocene
Alignment: Good
Threat Level: ★
Diet: Omnivorous 🌿🥩
Elements: Water 🌊
Inflicts: none
Weaknesses: Electric ⚡, Leaf 🌿
Casualties: none
Based On: itself
Conservation Status: Least Concern (LC) – IUCN Red List
Moenkhausia iris is the newest species of tetras that closest relative of piranhas and pacus in Chapada dos Parecis, Brazil.
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The new species is unique among congeners by its color in life, which is the dorsal half of body blue or green and ventral half red, more intense above the anal fin. Additionally, it can be distinguished by having a single, vertically elongated humeral spot, a lateral surface of body, caudal peduncle, and anal fin without distinct blotches or oblique marks and 18–19 branched anal-fin rays.
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Passive and shy.
This species of tetra from upper Rio Madeira basin at Chapada dos Parecis, Brazil. Moenkhausia iris and numerous other tetras native to the same region are highly prized in the global aquarium trade. Sustainable exploitation is required for its protection because exportation depends on the capture of wild individuals.
Movement Pattern: Not a Migrant
Individual Type: Solo
Population Trend: none
Population: none
Locomotion: none
Habitat: Warm River; Cold River; Lukewarm River; Warm Pond; Cold Pond; Warm Lake; Cold Lake.
Earth:
Extant (Resident): Brazil (Chapada dos Parecis)
Berbania/Hirawhassa: none
Reinachos/Ityosel: none
Thatrollwa: none
Sawintir: none
Agarathos: none
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Terran/Gaian
n/a
Berbanian/Hirawhassan
n/a
Reinachos/Ityoselese
n/a
Delphian/Thatrollwan
n/a
Sawintiran
n/a
Jotunheim
n/a
Terran/Gaian
n/a
Berbanian/Hirawhassan
n/a
Reinachos/Ityoselese
n/a
Delphian/Thatrollwan
n/a
Sawintiran
n/a
Jotunheim
n/a
See also: none
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