Popular name Redspotted Copeina. Origin Central Amazon. Size 4 inches. Aquarium specimens up to 5 inches. Appearance Not as elegant or streamlined as C. arnoldi. It has a bluish silvery body and yellowish fins with orange-red margins. Behavior Reasonably peaceful, but it is rather large for the average community collection. Feeding, Water conditions Same as C. arnoldi. Sexing The male is more colorful than the female. It also shows rows of tiny red dots on the flank. Few or no such dots occur on the female. Breeding This is another Characin with an unusual breeding habit. It lays its eggs in depressions in the gravel or on a flat stone. The male fans the eggs and looks after them. The breeding procedure is reminiscent of cichlids and sunfishes rather than characins about 200 to 300 eggs are laid, which hatch in 2 days. The female should be removed after spawning and the male soon after the fry become freeswimming. Recommended feeding system Aquaze tropical .

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