Brazil, Amazonas, Santa Izabel do Rio Negro
The cardinal neon is the symbol fish of the blackwater rivers and creeks of the Rio Negro Basin, impossible to think of a blackwater biotope aquarium and not think of Paracheirodon axelrodi. The Urubaxi River, located in the middle Rio Negro, municipality of Santa Izabel do Rio Negro, is one of the main collecting points.
The biotope project was designed to recreate the underwater landscape of the river, from the perspective of a diver facing one of the banks, looking at the river bank, with its roots and trunks exposed, part of the flooded forest, responsible for the great amount of organic matter present in its waters, dyeing them black, which further highlights the colors and iridescence of the neons.
A background composed of coconut fiber and roots, many leaves and seeds in the background and a large trunk, in addition to aquatic plants and ferns growing on the bank make up the habitat of the cardinal neon and other species, such as Petitella bleheri, also present in this project.
- GPS
- -0.5244321, -64.8214188
- Geographical region
- South America
- Drainage Basin
- Amazon basin
- River catchment
- Rio Negro
- Water body type
- River
- Water body name
- Rio Urubaxi
- Water body part
- Flood plain
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Rio Negro