Costello tetra
Appearance
Costello tetra | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Hemigrammus |
Species: | H. hyanuary
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Binomial name | |
Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918
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The Costello tetra is a species of characin from the Amazon basin and is found in Brazil and Peru.[1] The specific name comes from Lake Hyanuary in Brazil.[2] Other common names used in English are January tetra and green neon. The name "green neon" is also used for Paracheirodon simulans.
Distribution
[edit]Costello tetras are found in the Amazon Basin.
In the aquarium
[edit]Costello tetras have been kept in the aquarium hobby. Some foods aquarists feed them include flakes, pellets, and live foods.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lima, F.; Reis, R. (2023). "Hemigrammus hyanuary". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T167683A53822345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T167683A53822345.en. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 June 2024). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
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