Table of Contents
Overview
Comprehensive Description
Biology
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Weitzman, S.H. and L. Palmer 1997 A new species of Hyphessobrycon (Teleostei: Characidae) from Neblina region of Venezuela and Brazil, with comments on the putative 'rosy tetra clade'. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 7(3):209-242. (Ref. 13676)
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Distribution
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Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. ⦠2003 Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 38376)
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Physical Description
Size
Max. size
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Lima, F.C.T., L.R. Malabarba, P.A. Buckup, J.F. Pezzi da Silva, R.P. Vari, A. Harold, R. Benine, O.T. Oyakawa, C.S. Pavanelli, N.A. Menezes, C.A.S. Lucena, M.C.S.L. Malabarba, Z.M.S. Lucena, R.E. Reis, F. Langeani, C. Moreira et al. ⦠2003 Genera Incertae Sedis in Characidae. p. 106-168. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil. (Ref. 38376)
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Type Information
Catalog Number: USNM 196090
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Vertebrate Zoology, Division of Fishes
Collector(s): K. Swegles
Year Collected: 1960
Locality: Upper Amazon, Surroundings of "Leticia" (Columbian District), Colombia, South America
- Holotype: Gery, J. 1961. Tropical Fish Hobbyist. 9 (9): 36, 7.
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Ecology
Habitat
Environment
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Trophic Strategy
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Mills, D. and G. Vevers 1989 The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 p. (Ref. 7020)
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Diseases and Parasites
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Bunkley-Williams, L. and E.H. Williams Jr. 2002 Nematodes of freshwater fishes of the Neotropical region. (Book review). Caribb. J. Sci. 38(3-4):289-294. (Ref. 46699)
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Conservation
Threats
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IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
http://www.fishbase.org/references/FBRefSummary.php?id=57073
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Relevance to Humans and Ecosystems
Benefits
Importance
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Mills, D. and G. Vevers 1989 The Tetra encyclopedia of freshwater tropical aquarium fishes. Tetra Press, New Jersey. 208 p. (Ref. 7020)
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Wikipedia
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
Hyphessobrycon sweglesi is a species of tetra that live in the Orinoco River drainage basin in South America.[1] The fish has a round black spot behind the gill-plate, a black band on the dorsal fin that is bordered above and below by creamy-white. The other fins are red same as the upper rim of the eye.[2] The fish eats worms, small insects, and crustaceans.[1] The species can lay up to 400 eggs that can hatch in a day and that are susceptible to fungus. The species' behavior is similar to Hyphessobrycon megalopterus. The species' scientific name used to be Megalamphodus sweglisi and the species' common name is red phantom tetra.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Géry, 1961) Red phantom tetra". FishBase. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ McInerny, Derek; Geoffry Gerard (1989). All About Tropical Fish (4th ed.). Great Britain: Harrap Limited. p. 248. ISBN 0-8160-2168-6.
- ^ "Red Phantom Tetra Information". Tropical Fish Aquariums. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
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