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Panama tetra (Hyphessobrycon panamensis)
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Panama tetra (Hyphessobrycon panamensis) specimen
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Acestrorhamphidae

Panama tetra

Hyphessobrycon panamensis

Four Point Four Centimeters Acestrorhamphid Fish of the Atlantic Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Coastal
  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • South America
  • Small
  • Tropical fish

Panama tetra is a freshwater fish of Central and South America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 4.4 cm.

Maximum length
4.4 cm
Water
Freshwater
Distribution
Central and South America: Atlantic slope of southern Costa Rica; Atlantic coastal streams of Panama; San Juan, Atrato, Dagua, and Patia Rivers, and around the mouth of the Magdalena River; Esmeraldas River.
Conservation status
VUVulnerable

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