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Scientific Name	**Copella nattereri** (Steindachner, 1876)
Common Names	Spotted Copella Beautiful Scaled Characin, Rot Gepunkteter Copella (Germany)
Type Locality	Mouth of Río Negro; Amazon River at Obidos, Brazil.
Synonym(s)	Copeina callolepis, Copella callolepis, Copella meinkeni, Pyrrhulina nattereri
Species Information
Size	45mm or 1.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	South America: lower Amazon, Negro, and upper Orinoco River basins. Amazon, Lower Amazon (click on these areas to find other species found there) Amazon, Middle Amazon (Solimoes), Negro (click on these areas to find other species found there) Orinoco, Upper Orinoco (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2020.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Note that these aren't a "splash" species like Copella arnoldi; instead they lay their eggs on floating plants at the surface. There is typically some degree of guarding of the eggs by the male.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.), pp 13 [8], Pl. 2 (figs. 5-5a)
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:51 (species record created: 2011 Feb 09 03:08)