Minor tetra
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. Tropical Fish Hobbyist. T.F.H. Publications. 1997. p. 143.


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