Genus · Livebearers

Neoheterandria

Neoheterandria is a genus with 3 species in this atlas, catalogued in the Livebearers section, recorded from Panama and Colombia. Adult sizes run from 1 in to 2 in. Every species below links to a full researched profile.

Species in atlas
3
Adult sizes
1–2 in
IUCN assessed
3 of 3
Recorded from
2 countries

About the genus

Neoheterandria is a genus of small livebearers in family Poeciliidae, native to Pacific-slope and Caribbean-slope river drainages in Panama and Colombia. Atlas species are diminutive, spanning roughly 1–2 in, among the smaller members of the livebearer family. Like other poeciliids, females carry developing young internally and give birth to free-swimming fry rather than laying eggs, and males fertilize females using a modified anal-fin gonopodium; the genus shares the slim, laterally compressed body typical of small forest-stream poeciliids.

The genus is more a curiosity for livebearer specialists than a mainstream aquarium fish; where kept, care generally follows small-poeciliid practice - warm, well-planted tanks, fine live or small prepared foods, and gentle tankmates given their diminutive size. Conservation data are limited - two of the three atlas species carry a Data Deficient assessment and the third is Least Concern, reflecting how little survey work has reached these small-range Central American streams rather than any documented decline.

IUCN Red List: Least Concern · 1 Data Deficient · 2

The 3 species

Every Neoheterandria recorded in this atlas. Each card links to a full researched profile — distribution, water parameters, and aquarium care, cited to primary sources. 1 has hobbyist breeding reports (◉).

(Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)

Cana toothcarp

1.5 in TL · DD

Henn, 1916

Orange dwarf toothcarp, Tiger Teddy

1 in TL · DD

(Garman, 1895)

Nail toothcarp

2 in TL · LC

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How to cite

Aquarist Atlas (2026). Genus Neoheterandria. Aquarist Atlas. https://www.aquaristatlas.com/neoheterandria/

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