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Acestrorhynchidae
Green Tetra
Heterocharax macrolepis
Acestrorhynchid Fish of the Amazon Basin
- Green
- Tropical
- Upper river
- Southern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- South America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Small
- Tropical fish
Green
Tropical
Regional distribution
Fusiform
SmallGreen Tetra is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Characins
- Family
- Acestrorhynchidae
- Genus
- Heterocharax
- Maximum length
- 4.8 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- South America: Essequibo and Demarara River basins; Amazon River basin and tributaries between Tapajós and Tefé rivers; upper Amazon River basin and Orinoco River basin.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
