The Mexican tetra, also known as the blind cave fish, blind cave characin or blind cave tetra, is a species of freshwater ray finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. It is found in the lower Rio Grande and in the Nueces and Pecos Rivers of Texas, as well as across the central plateau and eastern states of Mexico. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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1. Wikipedia: Mexican tetra
diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It will also supplement its diet with algae or aquatic vegetation; in captivity, it is largely omnivorous, often doing well on a variety of foods such as frozen/thawed or live cultured blackworms, bloodworms, brine shrimp, daphnia, and mysis shrimp, among other commercially available fish foods.
Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
status = LC
View the Source2. Mexican tetra (Wikipedia)
System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)Quote, System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
The Mexican tetra, also known as the blind cave fish, blind cave characin or blind cave tetra, is a species of freshwater ray finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.
3. Mexican tetra (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q135378 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
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