Hyphessobrycon agulha
| Hyphessobrycon agulha | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. agulha
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon agulha (Fowler, 1913)
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Hyphessobrycon agulha (also known as the red-tailed flag tetra) is a species of tetra in the family Characidae. As a freshwater fish, it inhabits the basin of the Madeira River in Brazil along with parts of Peru and Bolivia, and it reaches a maximum length of 4.3 centimetres.[1] Though it is mainly found in the wild, it is occasionally kept by fishkeepers[2] and is sometimes confused with the neon tetra.[3] The fish is primarily an insectivore, though it does eat vegetable matter.[4] It is considered to form a group with other species in Hyphessobrycon as they share a dark stripe running lengthwise.[5]
While its name comes from the native name for this species along the Madeira River in Brazil,[6] the fish also occurs in Colombia and Peru.
References
- ^ Casal, Christine Marie V. "Hyphessobrycon agulha - Fowler, 1913". FishBase. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ "Hyphessobrycon agulha - Fowler, 1913". Seriously Fish. 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
- ^ Axelrod, N.H.; Emmens, C.W.; Sculthorpe, D.; Vorderwinkler, W.; Pronek, N. (1962). Exotic Tropical Fishes. Sterling Publishing Company.
- ^ Cyrino, J.E.P (10 January 2008). Feeding and Digestive Functions in Fishes. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 17. ISBN 9781439842690.
- ^ Ho, Leonard (14 April 2017). "A new tetra fish from Columbia". Advanced Aquarist. Pomacanthus Publications. Retrieved 26 November 2017.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (h-t)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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