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Savage Tetra
Hyphessobrycon savagei
Hyphessobrycon savagei, the Savage tetra, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is found in Central America in the Pacific drainages between the Jicote River near the town of Parrita and the Esquines River Basin of Costa Rica. In the Corcovado National Park of Costa Rica specifically, savage tetra live in the same environment as yellow tetra.
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Description
The savage tetra resembles many of the other species in the genus Hyphessobrycon with a streamline body, large black-colored eyes but has more of a silvery color of its scales with yellow colorations on the ventral side and the dorsal surface with red colorations visible on its dorsal, pelvic, anal, caudal, and pectoral fins. It has a standard length (SL) of 3.72 centimeters and has 4 humeral bars.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 610722.