River

Batu

One profile names the Batu. That is what has been written, not what lives there.

Species: 1
Families: 1
Photographed: 1 of 1
Difficulty rated: 1 of 1

That fish is also recorded from

Crepori
Curuá Una
Itapacurá
Itapacurazinho
Jamanxim
Kaiapá
São Manuel
Tapajós

Wild individual from the Danish aquarium trade; 'lemon' colour form.

Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnisLemon Tetra

Characidae · Ahl, 1937

This species is a popular aquarium fish and is bred on a commercial basis in several countries, with a selectively-bred albino form also available. Wild specimens are rarely collected due to the low price of the farmed fish, but the origin of the commercial strain is questionable. The species was considered endemic to the rio Tapajós basin, but in the early 1990s fish appearing identical to the aquarium form were photographed in the...

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