Costello tetra
| Costello tetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hemigrammus |
| Species: | H. hyanuary
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918
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The Costello tetra is a species of characin from the Amazon basin and is found in Brazil and Peru.[1] The specific name comes from Lake Hyanuary in Brazil.[2] Other common names used in English are January tetra and green neon. The name "green neon" is also used for Paracheirodon simulans.
Distribution
[edit]Costello tetras are found in the Amazon Basin.
In the aquarium
[edit]Costello tetras have been kept in the aquarium hobby. Some foods aquarists feed them include flakes, pellets, and live foods. Wild caught specimens sport a characteristic golden sheen to their scales, this is due to the presence of a parasite found within their native range that causes the unusual pigmentation, captive bred Costello tetra do not display this coloration, and instead present with a silver iridescent scalation, more typical of many others within the Characidae family. [3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Lima, F.; Reis, R. (2023). "Hemigrammus hyanuary". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T167683A53822345. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T167683A53822345.en. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 June 2024). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
- ^ "Hemigrammus". Aquarium Glaser GmbH. Retrieved 2024-11-30.
External links
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