Flame tetra

Hyphessobrycon flammeus

Two Point Six Centimeters Acestrorhamphid Fish of the Brazilian Coast

Flame tetra is known from South America as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Characins
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Hyphessobrycon
Maximum length: 2.6 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: South America: Brazil in streams and coastal rivers of Rio de Janeiro, in Guanabara bay basin, middle rio Paraíba do Sul basin and rio Guandu basin, and upper rio Tietê drainage (upper rio Paraná basin, São Paulo) (Ref. 96863 ). Thought to be extinct in the wild (Ref. 89952 ).

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