Silver hatchetfish
Gasteropelecus sternicla
It hangs motionless just under the surface, then bolts in an instant.
3D model coming soon
Stats
- Size
- 6 cm
- Smallest tank
- 120 cm
- Temperature
- 23–28 °C
- Temperament
- Peaceful
- Diet
- Carnivore
- Activity
- Calm
- Water layer
- Surface
- Care
- Moderate
- Group
- Happiest in a group of 6 or more
- Coral
- Reef safe
These numbers are LumaReef simulation data, not a real aquarium care guide.
Which tank it fits
- Nano60 cm · 65 litresToo small
- Standard90 cm · 180 litresToo small
- Wide120 cm · 300 litres75 of them
- Living room180 cm · 650 litres162 of them
- Showcase250 cm · 1,200 litres300 of them
Who it lives with
Gets along
- Guppy
- Neon tetra
- Black skirt tetra
- Diamond tetra
- Pearl danio
- Tiger barb
- Sterbai corydoras
- Neon dwarf rainbowfish
- Bronze corydoras
- Julii corydoras
- Dwarf chain loach
- Rummynose tetra
- Emperor tetra
- Zebra danio
- Cherry barb
- Platy
- Threadfin rainbowfish
- Celebes rainbowfish
- Forktail blue-eye
- Checkerboard cichlid
- Cardinal tetra
- Lemon tetra
- Penguin tetra
- Harlequin rasbora
- and 56 more species
Caution
- DiscusNarrow shared temperature range
- Hillstream loachNarrow shared temperature range
- Panda corydorasNarrow shared temperature range
- Chocolate gouramiNarrow shared temperature range
- German blue ramNarrow shared temperature range
- Odessa barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Gold barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Rosy barbNarrow shared temperature range
- Denison barbNarrow shared temperature range
- KoiNarrow shared temperature range
Not together
- Betta (Siamese fighting fish)Aggressive with peaceful
- Paradise fishAggressive with peaceful
- Demasoni cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- White cloud mountain minnowWater temperatures do not overlap
- Red zebra cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Convict cichlidAggressive with peaceful
- Red tail sharkAggressive with peaceful
- Fancy goldfishWater temperatures do not overlap
- Jack DempseyAggressive with peaceful
Same familyTetras and characins
- Neon tetraParacheirodon innesi
- Cardinal tetraParacheirodon axelrodi
- Green neon tetraParacheirodon simulans
- Ember tetraHyphessobrycon amandae
- Rummynose tetraPetitella rhodostoma
- Black neon tetraHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
- Lemon tetraHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
- Black skirt tetraGymnocorymbus ternetzi
- Serpae tetraHyphessobrycon eques
- Congo tetraPhenacogrammus interruptus
- Glowlight tetraHemigrammus erythrozonus
- Diamond tetraMoenkhausia pittieri
- Penguin tetraThayeria boehlkei
- Emperor tetraNematobrycon palmeri