Charax tectifer (Charax battleship)

Charax tective fish is a freshwater fish native to South America. It belongs to the Characidae family and is also known as Charax Tété.

The charax tectif has an elongated and slender shape, with a slim body and radiated fins. His coloring generally varies between dark green and brown, with dark strips along his body and white or yellow dots scattered on his head and dorsal fin. Its adult size can reach up to 20 centimeters in length.

Charax tective is generally a lonely and territorial fish, which lives in the shallow and not very common waters of the rivers and lakes from South America. It feeds mainly on small invertebrates, crustaceans and molluscs, which he hunts using his pectoral fins and his mouth to dig into the substrate.

Charax tective is a sexual reproduction fish, with females that lay their eggs in nests dug in the substrate by males. The eggs hatch in a few days and the young fish are protected and fed by parents until they are large enough to fend for themselves.

Charax tective is a kind of common fish in its natural habitat, although it has been largely introduced into other parts of South America and other parts of the world for sports fishing and aquaculture. Although it is not threatened with extinction, the destruction of its natural habitat and competition with other introduced species can cause problems for its long -term survival.