1. The cave charaican is a completly blind tetra that lives in underground streams of Mexico
2. Wild tetra are hardly ever caught for pet trade because the popular species breed well in capitivty.
3. The tetra on average only weighs about 1/4 of an ounce
4. Many tetras are diamond sparkling with green, gold, blue, and red-hot
Tetra/ Sceintific Name: Mimagoniates Microlephis
4 INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT THE TETRA:
1. The cave charaican is a completly blind tetra that lives in underground streams of Mexico
2. Wild tetra are hardly ever caught for pet trade because the popular species breed well in capitivty.
3. The tetra on average only weighs about 1/4 of an ounce
4. Many tetras are diamond sparkling with green, gold, blue, and red-hot
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“Tetra”. Wild Life Fact-File 1991
Walmart Pet Place. Joyce. Personal Interview. 25 April 2009.
Ernst, Alan. “ Wetland Habitat, Animals, Soil, and Climate. Wetland Habitat Hamilton Naturalists’ Club. 25 Apr. 2009 http://www.hamiltonnature.org/localspecies/fish.htm