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Spotted tetra (Copella nattereri)
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Spotted tetra (Copella nattereri) specimen
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Lebiasinidae

Spotted tetra

Copella nattereri

Lebiasinid Fish of Freshwater Basins

  • Tropical
  • Upper river
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Spotted tetra is a freshwater fish from South America. It inhabits freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 4.5 cm.

Genus
Copella
Maximum length
4.5 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
South America: Colombia (Rio Amazonas at Letícia); Brazil (rio Amazonas from mouth of rio Negro to mouth of rio Tapajós); Venezuela (upper and middle rio Orinoco basin); rio Negro basin (Brazil, Venezuela, and Guyana).

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