aquarium variant The black skirt tetra is a common fish that is widely available for purchase. Hobbyists often provide live foods such as
Daphnia and
mosquito larvae, and frozen foods like
bloodworms. The species reaches sexual maturity at about two years of age. Like most characins, this species spawns by intermittently releasing and fertilizing eggs among plants. It frequently eats its own eggs, so keepers remove the fish after spawning. The lifespan in captivity is 3 to 5 years. The black tetra was also used to make genetically modified fish sold as
GloFish (fluorescent colored fish), available in a wide variety of colors. ==Similar names==