''Hyphessobrycon boulengeri'' is a
species of
tetra belonging to the family
charicidae
Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their ...
. It is native to
South America. It inhabits the
Rio Grande do Sul
Rio Grande do Sul (, , ; "Great River of the South") is a Federative units of Brazil, state in the South Region, Brazil, southern region of Brazil. It is the Federative_units_of_Brazil#List, fifth-most-populous state and the List of Brazilian st ...
, Brazil.
The fish was named in honor of ichthyologist-herpetologist
George A. Boulenger (1858-1937), of the British Museum of Natural History.
Description
''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
External links
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q5539481
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish described in 1907
Hyphessobrycon
Tetras of Brazil