Scientific name:
Metynnis hypsauchen

Natural spread:
Guyana, Orinoco, Westl, Amazon

the Metynnis hypsauchen lives in the middle water-regions of your aquarium. The basin-length of the aquarium should amount to at least 120 cm for these fish. A Dickopf-Scheibensalmler, Schreitmüller's Scheibensalmler is peaceful in the mormalfall. Males like females can gain a length of up to 15 cm.

Attitude: Optimal-proof prevail water-temperatures of 24 to 28 °C in the aquarium. The pH-area should lie between 5.0 and 7.0. The attitude of these fish in the aquarium is quite costly.

Differentiation of the sexes: Anus-fin beiMännchen M, more powerfully red and black hesitated, moved out also longer, beiMännchen W, these characteristics are missing

Natural spread: Guyana-countries, Orinoco, western Amazon and Paraguay-basins