Costello tetra
| Costello tetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hemigrammus |
| Species: | H. hyanuary
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemigrammus hyanuary , 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.[citation needed] Other common names used in English are January tetra and green neon. The name "green neon" is also used for Paracheirodon simulans.
Distribution[]
Costello tetras are found in the Amazon Basin.
In the aquarium[]
Costello tetras have been kept in the aquarium hobby. Some foods aquarists feed them include flakes, pellets, and live foods.
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b R. Reis & F. Lima (2009). "Hemigrammus hyanuary". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2009: e.T167683A6367318. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2009-2.RLTS.T167683A6367318.en. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
External links[]
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Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Tetras
- Freshwater fish of Brazil
- Taxa named by Marion Durbin Ellis
- Fish described in 1918
- Characiformes stubs