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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderCharaciformes
  4. ›familyCharacidae
  5. ›genusHyphessobrycon
Hyphessobrycon chocoensis
Carlos A. García Alzate, César Román Valencia, and Donald C. Taphorn (CC BY 4.0) · Wikimedia Commons. Found by name on iNaturalist, Wikimedia Commons and in the open-access papers that described the species (Plazi); click a picture for its credit and licence.
IUCN DD · Data deficient

Hyphessobrycon chocoensis

Hyphessobrycon chocoensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2013

First described in: García Alzate, C. A.; Román Valencia, C.; Taphorn, D. C. (2013). Una nueva especie de Hyphessobrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) de la cuenca del río Telembí, vertiente sur del Pacífico, Colombia. <em>Revista de Biología Tropical.</em> 61(1): 181-192.

Hyphessobrycon chocoensis is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is pale orange in colouration. It has a very thin and dark midline beginning at the base of the caudal fin and fading back to pale orange before it reaches the gills. It is around 4 centimetres (1.6 in) in length. It is known to inhabit the Telembí River Basin in Colombia. This fish is benthopelagic, meaning that it resides away from the surface of the water.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7367206.