Ecology and Life History
Leptoxis compacta inhabits shoal upstreams.
Reproductive behavior was observed on approximately 30 L. compacta individuals collected in 2011 and placed in captivity. Females laid eggs either singly or in short, single lines. Each egg was approximately 0.3 mm in diameter. Average length of the line of eggs was 1.57 eggs (n = 51 egg lines) with a maximum observed length of 3 eggs.
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