Tetras and Characids
Hujeta Needlefish
Ctenolucius hujeta
Photo: Tino Strauss · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature23–28 °C
- pH6–7.5
- Minimum tank300 l
- Adult size25 cm
- Difficulty★★★☆☆
- Lives in a groupof 3 or more
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Ctenoluciidae
- Origin
- Colombia, Venezuela and Panama
- Size
- 25 cm
- Temperature
- 23 – 28°C
- pH
- 6.0 – 7.5
- GH
- 2 – 15 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★★★☆☆
- Water type
- tropical freshwater
- Swimming level
- higher
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (predator of small fish)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 3
- Minimum aquarium size
- 300 L
- Diet
- carnivore
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Elongated body like a pike with a pointed snout. Hunts at the surface; a leaper.
