Hyphessobrycon agulha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
Species: | H. agulha
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Binomial name | |
Hyphessobrycon agulha (
Fowler, 1913)
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Hyphessobrycon agulha (also known as the red-tailed flag tetra) is a species of tetra in the family Characidae. As a freshwater fish, it inhabits the basin of the Madeira River in Brazil along with parts of Peru and Bolivia, and it reaches a maximum length of 4.3 centimetres (1.7 in). [2] Though it is mainly found in the wild, it is occasionally kept by fishkeepers [3] and is sometimes confused with the neon tetra. [4] The fish is primarily an insectivore, though it does eat vegetable matter. [5] It is considered to form a group with other species in Hyphessobrycon as they share a dark stripe running lengthwise. [6]
While its name comes from the native name for this species along the Madeira River in Brazil, [7] the fish also occurs in Colombia and Peru.