Minor tetra
| Minor tetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. minor
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon minor Durbin, 1909
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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[edit]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Tropical Fish Hobbyist. T.F.H. Publications. 1997. p. 143.
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