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Mountain Tetra (Hemibrycon metae)
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Stevardiidae

Mountain Tetra

Hemibrycon metae

Stevardiid Fish from Colombian Waters

  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Elongated
  • Compressed cross-section
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Mountain Tetra is known around South America as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 8 cm.

Maximum length
8 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
elongated
Distribution
South America: known from río Orinoco basin, Venezuela and Colombia, and Caribbean coastal basins of Venezuela.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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