CARES Species Profile: Ameca splendens
Common Name: Butterfly Splitfin
Photo by: Valorie Lyons
Description
A livebearer native to the Upper Rio Ameca basin in Mexico, Ameca splendens inhabits streams and springs. It prefers warm, hard, slow moving water. This is an omnivore with a diet that consists of plant material and small amounts of protein, leaning more to plant than protein. Examples of foods to feed include spirulina algae, blanched vegetables, nori, live baby brine shrimp and freeze-dried daphnia.
CARES Family: Goodeidae - Splitfin Livebearers
Global Region: North America
Distribution: Mexico
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