Biology:Minor tetra

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Short description: Species of fish

Minor tetra
Minor tetra.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Hyphessobrycon
Species:
H. minor
Binomial name
Hyphessobrycon minor
Durbin, 1909

The minor tetra (Hyphessobrycon minor) is a small fish from the Essequibo River in Guyana in South America, closely resembling its relative, the serpae tetra, from the Amazon and Paraguay.[2] These two very similar species are separated geographically, so they would not interbreed.

References

  1. Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; Mojica, J.I.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D.; Usma, S. (2021). "Hyphessobrycon minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T176092299A176092327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176092299A176092327.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/176092299/176092327. Retrieved 26 December 2023. 
  2. (in en) Tropical Fish Hobbyist. T.F.H. Publications. 1997. pp. 143. https://books.google.com/books?id=ta0iAQAAIAAJ. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q6410277 entry