The rosy tetra (''Hyphessobrycon rosaceus'') is a small species of
Characin
Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, more than 2000 different species are described, including the well-known piranha and tetras.; Buckup P.A.: "Relationshi ...
from the South American countries of
Guyana
Guyana ( or ), officially the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, is a country on the northern mainland of South America. Guyana is an indigenous word which means "Land of Many Waters". The capital city is Georgetown. Guyana is bordered by the ...
and
Brazil.It is popular in the
aquarium
An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...
trade.
Description
The rosy tetra has a light pink-white body with red fins, except the dorsal fin which can be black or white, and the caudal fin which is pink-white with two elliptical red spots on it. It has a faint black line from the top of its eyeball through the pupil, to the bottom of the eyeball. Like many other
tetras, the males have longer dorsal fins than the females.
Distribution
In the wild, the rosy tetra lives in the
Essequibo Essequibo is the largest traditional region of Guyana but not an administrative region of Guyana today. It may also refer to:
* Essequibo River, the largest river in Guyana
* Essequibo (colony), a former Dutch colony in what is now Guyana;
* Esseq ...
,
Corantijn and
Suriname River
The Suriname River (Dutch: ''Surinamerivier'') is 480 km long and flows through the country Suriname. Its sources are located in the Guiana Highlands on the border between the Wilhelmina Mountains and the Eilerts de Haan Mountains (where it i ...
basins in South America.
Reproduction
The rosy tetra is an egg scattering school
spawning fish in the wild. 100 eggs can be laid by one female, usually in the early morning, and over fine leaved plants.
References
External links
* Picture: http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fresh/characins/RosyTetra.php
Rosy Tetra Fact Sheet* http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/129970-rosy-tetra/
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Tetras
Tropical fish
Characidae
Fishkeeping
Taxa named by Marion Durbin Ellis
Fish described in 1909