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False black tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri)
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False black tetra (Gymnocorymbus thayeri) specimen
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Acestrorhamphidae

False black tetra

Gymnocorymbus thayeri

Seven Point Four Centimeters Acestrorhamphid Fish of the Amazon Basin

  • Black
  • Tropical
  • Upper river
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

False black tetra is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 7.4 cm.

Maximum length
7.4 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
South America: upper Amazon River basin (Bolivia and Colombia). Recorded from the Orinoco River, Guyana, and Trinidad and Tobago.

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