Hyphessobrycon boulengeri
| Hyphessobrycon boulengeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. boulengeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon boulengeri (Eigenmann, 1907)
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Hyphessobrycon boulengeri is a species of tetra belonging to the family charicidae. It is native to South America. It inhabits the Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.[citation needed]
The fish was named in honor of ichthyologist-herpetologist George A. Boulenger (1858-1937), of the British Museum of Natural History.[2]
Description
[edit]H. boulengeri is a buff colored fish resembling other Hyphessobrycon species such as the black phantom tetra with a black patch behind the head. Its head itself is dotted brown. H. boulengeri also has yellow fin rays.
References
[edit]- ^ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Hyphessobrycon boulengeri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Portuguese). 2022: e.T186562A1814987. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T186562A1814987.pt. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (h-t)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hyphessobrycon boulengeri.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hyphessobrycon boulengeri". FishBase. April 2018 version.