Scientific Name
Lepidarchus adonis

Common Name
Jellybean tetra

Biology
Anal spines: 2; Anal soft rays: 9 - 10. Peculiar in having only one fine scale on each side of the base of the anal fin. Well developed parietal fontanel. Sexual dimorphism on anal fins : males with rounded anal while females with pointed anal fin; males with translucid yellow body, about a dozen brown spots, posterior and lobes of caudal tinted with violet, violet transverse stripe on anal and pelvic fins, melanophores on back; females without spots melanophores concentrated on base of anal, on anterior rays of anal and on the lobes of the caudal.

Classification

Classified By

Roberts, 1966

Class

Ray-finned fishes (Actinopterygii)

Order

Characins (Characiformes)

Family

African tetras (Alestidae)

Distribution

Region

Africa

Distribution

Africa: South of Ghana and C?te d'Ivoire in small coastal basins.

Range

Unknown

Environment

Climate

Tropical

Water Temperature From

22 °C

Water Temperature To

26 °C

Depth From - meters

Unknown m

Depth To - meters

Unknown m

Zone

pelagic

Environment

Freshwater; ; pH range: 5.8 - 6.5; dH range: ? - 4 pelagic

Trophic Level

3.02 s.e. 0.33 Based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Occurs in Marine / Salt water

False

Occurs in Brackish water

False

Occurs in Fresh Water

True

Occurs on Reefs

False

Is kept in Aquariums

True

Physical Size and Genetics

Maximum Length

2.1 cm

Common Length

Unknown cm

Phylogenetic Diversity Index

PD50 = 1.0000 many relatives (e.g. carps) 0.5 - 2.0 few relatives (e.g. lungfishes)

Human Uses and Population

Human Uses

Aquarium: commercial

Vulnerability

Low vulnerability (10 of 100)

Resilience

High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Threat To Humans

Harmless

IUCN Red List Status

Vulnerable (VU) (D2)