Minor tetra

Minor tetra
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Hyphessobrycon
Species:	H. minor
Binomial name
	Hyphessobrycon minor; Durbin, 1909

The minor tetra (Hyphessobrycon minor) is a small fish from the Essequibo River in Guyana in South America, closely resembling its relative, the serpae tetra, from the Amazon and Paraguay.^[2] These two very similar species are separated geographically, so they would not interbreed.

References

^ Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; Mojica, J.I.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D. & Usma, S. (2021). "Hyphessobrycon minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176092299A176092327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176092299A176092327.en. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
^ Tropical Fish Hobbyist. T.F.H. Publications. 1997. p. 143.

External links

Minor Tetra Fact Sheet

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[1] Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; Mojica, J.I.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D. & Usma, S. (2021). "Hyphessobrycon minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T176092299A176092327. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176092299A176092327.en. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

[2] Tropical Fish Hobbyist. T.F.H. Publications. 1997. p. 143.

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