River

Carapá

Only species with a profile on Seriously Fish are counted.

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

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This species is also recorded from

Cuareim
de la Plata
Paraná
Pilcomayo
Quaraí
Tebicuary
Tietê
Uruguay

This species is not strictly a tropical fish despite usually being sold as such.

Hyphessobrycon anisitsiBuenos Aires Tetra

Characidae · Eigenmann, 1907

The Buenos Aires tetra, Hyphessobrycon anisitsi, is a characid from the Paraná and Uruguay river systems in Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. A popular and hardy aquarium fish, it is also available as a line-bred albino strain, sometimes traded as 'golden'. It has a reputation for fin-nipping, though mostly when too few are kept or space is limited, and a group of at least 8-10 is the minimum.

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