More info | Plus d'info | Mais info | Fishwatchers: Add your observation | Attach your web site to this page | FishBase

English | Español | Português | Français | Deutsch | Italiano | Nederlands | Chinese      More languages...

Copella arnoldi in Trinidad and Tobago
Splash tetra

Go to Species Summary

Copella arnoldi   (Regan, 1912)
Family:	Lebiasinidae (Pencilfishes) , subfamily: Pyrrhulininae			picture (Coarn_m0.jpg) by Hoffmann, P. and M. Hoffmann
Order:	Characiformes  (characins)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
FishBase name:	Splash tetra
Max. size:	3.4 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 37104)
Environment:	benthopelagic; pH range: 6 - 8; dH range: 5 - 12
Climate:	tropical; 25 - 29°C
Global Importance:	aquarium: commercial
Resilience:	Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Females can lay hundreds of eggs (Ref. 7020))
Distribution:	South America: lower Amazon, coastal Guianas to mouth of the Orinoco River.
Biology:	Feeds on worms, insects and crustaceans (Ref. 7020)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
Coordinator:	Weitzman, Marilyn
Main Ref:	Weitzman, M. and S.H. Weitzman. 2003. (Ref. 37104)
Update | Add

Trinidad and Tobago country information
Common names:	Copeina		Ref:  Kenny, J.S., 1995
Status:	introduced		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Well established in the Arena drainage, Nariva Swamp and Aripo Savannahs.
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/td.html
National  Fisheries  Authority:	www.cep.unep.org/trini_tbgo/fisheries/index.htm
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Kenny, J.S., 1995
Update

More information:	Countries FAO areas Occurrences Introductions Ecosystem Ecology Diet Food items Food consumption Ration Predators Ciguatera Fish loss Common names Synonyms Pictures Sounds Reproduction Maturity Spawning Eggs Egg dev. Larvae Larval dynamics References Growth L-W relationship L-L relationship Length frequencies Recruitment Max. age & size Metabolism Morphology Morphometrics Gill area Brains Vision Collaborators Genetics Allele frequencies Heritability Strains Aquaculture Aquaculture profile Diseases Ecotoxicology Processing Speed Swim. type Stamps
	Note: No data are available if label is black .
Tools:	Biogeographic modelling | Bio-Quiz | E-book | Field guide | Length-frequency Wizard | Life-history tool | Point map |
Internet sources:	BiOSC Point Data | CISTI | Google | GOBASE | GenBank ( genome, nucleotide ) | PubMed | Scirus | Public aquariums | Tree of Life | Zoological Record
	Note: use the Back button of your browser to return to FishBase.
	Entered:  Torres, Armi G.

	Ref.:				Glossary
		(e.g. 9948)				(e.g. cephalopods)
ThisFishForum      Comments & Corrections      Sign our Guest Book
Back to Search

CGNET - US

Page created by: Eli, 20.10.03, last modified by Eli, 26.06.07