| Brycinus Longipinnis | Profile and Description |
| Size | Up to 5 inches or 12.5 cm |
| Origin | Central East Africa |
| Natural habitat | Strong flowing streams and rivers |
| Fish Hardiness | Relatively easy to keep |
| Water Temperature | 70 – 80.5 ºF or 21 - 27 ºC |
| Water pH | 6.0 – 8.0 pH |
| Water Hardness | 5 - 20 dH |
| Strata | All but mostly middle to top |
| Peaceful or Aggressive | Beside being very active they are peaceful schooling fish |
| Number of same species in one aquarium | Six or more but more is definitely better if you have enough room for them. One male for every two females |
| Minimum tank size | 30 gallons or 150 liters for every group of six fish |
| Community Fish | Yes, if you have enough room for everyone |
| Compatible with | Their cousin the Congo Tetra, smaller more peaceful Cichlids, Cory Cats, Plecos and Loaches |
| Sexes | Mature males are larger with distinctively longer dorsal and anal fins |
| Food | Omnivorous - flake food supplemented with live or frozen daphnia, blood worms or brine shrimp |
| Breeding | Not very easy to breed |
| Breeding temperature | 75 – 80.7 °F or 24- 27 °C |
| Other names | Longfin tetra, Long Fin Tetra, Longfinned Tetra, Long Finned Tetra, Long Finned Characin, African Lonfin Tetra and various spelling forms |
| Scientific name | Brycinus longipinnis |
| Other Scientific names | Alestes longipinnis |
| Lifespan | Up to 5 years |
