Flame Tetra
Hyphessobrycon flammeus
- Endangered
- Card rarity: Epic
- Fish
The flame tetra, also known as the red tetra or Rio tetra, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. This fish was first introduced as an aquarium fish in 1920 by C. Bruening, and was not formally described until 1924, by the American ichthyologist George S. Myers. Today, it is common in the aquarium trade and large numbers are bred in captivity, but the remaining wild population in Southeast Brazil is highly threatened.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Genus
- Hyphessobrycon