Field Guide

Pencilfish

Slender, torpedo-shaped characins prized for their calm shoaling behaviour and striking horizontal stripes.

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One-lined Pencilfish

Nannostomus unifasciatus

Peaceful · Intermediate

Three-lined Pencilfish

Nannostomus trifasciatus

Peaceful · Intermediate

Golden Pencilfish

Nannostomus beckfordi

Peaceful · Beginner

Hockeystick Pencilfish

Nannostomus eques

Peaceful · Intermediate