Killifish, Rainbowfish, and Medaka
Sheepshead Minnow
Cyprinodon variegatus
Photo: Smithsonian Environmental Research Center · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature10–30 °C
- pH7–8.5
- Minimum tank60 l
- Adult size7 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- TemperamentSemi-aggressive
Full profile
- Family
- Cyprinodontidae
- Origin
- Atlantic coast of North America and the Caribbean
- Size
- 7 cm
- Temperature
- 10 – 30°C
- pH
- 7.0 – 8.5
- Salinity
- 1.003 – 1.020
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Water type
- brackish
- Swimming level
- medium – low
- Behavior
- semi-aggressive (territorial males)
- Minimum number of individuals
- 1 male with 2–3 females
- Minimum aquarium size
- 60 L
- Diet
- omnivore (including algae)
- Reproduction
- oviparous
Notes: Males are steel blue with an orange throat during the breeding season. They can tolerate water ranging from freshwater to water saltier than seawater.
