The Nurse tetra (Brycinus nurse) is a freshwater fish of the family Alestidae. In the aquarium it needs water at 23–27°C (73–81°F). Native range: Africa, Nile, Chad, Niger and B?nou?, Cross, Ogun, Ou?m?, Mono, Sio, Volta, Bia, Como?, Agn?bi, Bandama, Sassandra, Konkour?, Gambia, Tomin? (Corubal), Senegal.
Nurse tetra care at a glance
- Temperature
- 23–27°C (73–81°F)
Biology
Inhabit rivers, lakes, irrigation canals and fringing vegetation. Feed on zooplankton, Caridina, insects, snails and vegetation. Dwarf populations are described in lake basins: Lake Turkana, B. n. nana Pellegrin, 1935 and Lake Chad, B. n. dageti Blache and Miton, 1960 (see ).
Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
Species facts
- Scientific name
- Brycinus nurse
- Family
- Alestidae (African tetras)
- Order
- Characiformes (Characins)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
- Maximum length
- 25.0
- Environment
- Freshwater;; pH range: 6.0 - 7.8; dH range: ? - 30 pelagic; potamodromous
- Climate
- Tropical
- Distribution
- Africa: Nile, Chad, Niger and B?nou?, Cross, Ogun, Ou?m?, Mono, Sio, Volta, Bia, Como?, Agn?bi, Bandama, Sassandra, Konkour?, Gambia, Tomin? (Corubal), Senegal.
- Conservation status (IUCN)
- Least Concern (LC)
- Threat to humans
- Harmless
- Uses
- Fisheries: minor commercial; aquarium: commercial
- Resilience
- High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.41-0.92; tm=1; Fec
Sources
Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.
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