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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Source Mexican tetra (Wikidata)
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Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.
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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.
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Introduction
The Mexican tetra (Astyanax mexicanus), also known as the blind cave fish, blind cave characin or the blind cave tetra, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.
In the aquarium
The blind cave tetras seen in the aquarium trade are all based on stock collected in the Cueva Chica Cave in the southern part of the Sierra del Abra system in 1936.
- In Biome: River, Wikipedia intro: "hidae, the American characins. This fish is found in the lower Rio Grande, and the Nueces and Pecos Rivers in Texas, into the Central Plateau and eastern states..."
View the Source3. Mexican tetra (Wikidata)
Wikidata- Wikidata Q135378 (P225 taxon name)
Statements section, conservation status (P141)
IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
- Child Taxon Of: Characiformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
View the Source 4. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Animalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 23
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