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Hyphessobrycon
Hyphessobrycon is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. These species are among the fishes known as tetras. The genus is distributed in the Neotropic ecozone from southern Mexico to Río de la Plata in Argentina. Many of these species are native to South America; about half a dozen species are from Central America and a single species, H. compressus is from southern Mexico.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 151 known species
Black neon tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
Colombian Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon columbianus
Flag tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon heterorhabdus
Ember Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon amandae
Lemon Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
yellow tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon bifasciatus
False X-ray Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon simulatus
Flame Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon flammeus
Panama Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon panamensis
Meridian Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon meridionalis
Magmatail Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon ecuadoriensis
Firefin Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon igneus
Savage Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon savagei
Yellow Phantom Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon roseus
calypso tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon axelrodi
Mayan Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon compressus
Chocolate Neon Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon vilmae
Hyphessobrycon procyon
speciesHyphessobrycon procyon
Hyphessobrycon borealis
speciesHyphessobrycon borealis
American Glassy Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon eschwartzae
Yellow-jaw Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon agulha
Veilfin Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon elachys
loreto tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon loretoensis
Bluish Silver Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon boulengeri
Peruvian tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon peruvianus
Paletip Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon hasemani
Blood Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus
blackline tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon scholzei
Meta Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon metae
Roberts' Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon jackrobertsi
Hyphessobrycon daguae
speciesHyphessobrycon daguae
Cinnamon Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon chiribiquete
Hyphessobrycon sovichthys
speciesHyphessobrycon sovichthys
Bayley's Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon bayleyi
coffee-bean tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon takasei
goldspotted tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon griemi
Hyphessobrycon melazonatus
speciesHyphessobrycon melazonatus
Dwarf Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon minimus
Hyphessobrycon peugeoti
speciesHyphessobrycon peugeoti
Hyphessobrycon reticulatus
speciesHyphessobrycon reticulatus
Hyphessobrycon robustulus
speciesHyphessobrycon robustulus
Blueberry tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon wadai
Hyphessobrycon hexastichos
speciesHyphessobrycon hexastichos
Hyphessobrycon piabinhas
speciesHyphessobrycon piabinhas
Hyphessobrycon wajat
speciesHyphessobrycon wajat
Hyphessobrycon acaciae
speciesHyphessobrycon acaciae
Hyphessobrycon clavatus
speciesHyphessobrycon clavatus
dawn tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon eos
Hyphessobrycon maculicauda
speciesHyphessobrycon maculicauda
Hyphessobrycon mavro
speciesHyphessobrycon mavro
Hyphessobrycon melasemeion
speciesHyphessobrycon melasemeion
Hyphessobrycon taphorni
speciesHyphessobrycon taphorni
Hyphessobrycon ericae
speciesHyphessobrycon ericae
Hyphessobrycon natagaima
speciesHyphessobrycon natagaima
Hyphessobrycon piranga
speciesHyphessobrycon piranga
Hyphessobrycon wosiackii
speciesHyphessobrycon wosiackii
Hyphessobrycon barranquilla
speciesHyphessobrycon barranquilla
Hyphessobrycon comodoro
speciesHyphessobrycon comodoro
Juruna Tetra
speciesHyphessobrycon juruna
Hyphessobrycon caru
speciesHyphessobrycon caru
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 89003.