Author: (Rüppell, 1832)
FBname: Nurse tetra
Comments: Inhabits rivers, lakes, irrigation canals and fringing vegetation; feeds on zooplankton, <i>Caridina</i>, insects, snails and vegetation (Ref. 28714). Dwarf populations are described in lake basins: Lake Turkana, <i>B. n. nana</i> Pellegrin, 1935 and Lake Chad, <i>B. n. dageti</i> Blache and Miton, 1960 (see Ref. 2880).