The Moenkhausia bonita lives in the pelagic, freshwater, depth range 0 - 1 m environment.
Moenkhausia bonita: a new small characin fish from the Rio Paraguay basin, southwestern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae) Moenkhausia collettii - ein schoner Beifang Wissenwertes uber die Gattung Moenkhausia Moenkhausia hemigrammoides Gery, 1965 Moenkhausia margitae sp. n. More
Moenkhausia bonita: A New Small Characin Fish from the Rio Paraguay Basin, Southwestern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Ricardo C. Benine, Ricardo M. C. Castro, and Jos More