Tetra 542241 224955652 2008-07-11T04:37:52Z HouseOfScandal 2336462 Mimagoniates inequalis {{otheruses}} {{Taxobox | name = Tetra | image = black neon tetra.jpg | image_width = 250px | image_caption = [[Black neon tetra]], ''Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi'' | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Actinopterygii]] | ordo = [[Characiformes]] | familia = [[Alestiidae]]<br/>[[Characidae]]<br/>[[Lebiasinidae]] | familia_authority = | subdivision_ranks = [[Genus|Genera]] | subdivision = More than 150<ref>As of 2003 the [[ITIS]] lists 164 genera of Characidae.</ref> karan }} {{wiktionarypar|tetra}} [[image:Pristella tetra1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Pristella tetra — ''Pristella maxillaris''.]] [[image:Golden pristella tetra 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Golden Pristella tetra, a morph of ''Pristella maxillaris''.]] [[image:Silver tipped tetra 1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Silver tipped tetra — ''Hasemania nana''.]] '''Tetra''' are species of small [[South America]]n freshwater [[fish]], belonging to the family [[Characidae]] and to its former subfamilies [[Alestiidae]] (the "African tetras") and [[Lebiasinidae]]. The characidae are distinguished from other fish by the presence of a small [[adipose fin]] between the [[dorsal fin]] and [[caudal fin]]. Many of these, such as the [[neon tetra]], are brightly colored and easy to keep in captivity, and extremely popular for home [[aquaria]]. The term ''tetra'' is not actually a taxonomic, phylogenetic term. Because of the popularity of tetras in the [[fishkeeping]] [[hobby]], many unrelated fish are commonly known as tetras, including species from differing families. Even fish that are vastly different may be called tetras, such as ''[[Hydrolycus scomberoides]]'', occasionally known as the [[Sabretooth Tetra]] or vampire tetra. Although the list below is sorted by common name, in a number of cases the common name is applied to different species, depending on country and context. Since the [[aquarium]] trade may use a different name for the same species, advanced aquarists tend to use scientific names for the less-common tetras. The list below is incomplete. Tetra species: * [[Adonis tetra]] ''Lepidarchus adonis'' * [[African long-finned tetra]] ''Brycinus longipinnis'' * [[African moon tetra]] ''Bathyaethiops caudomaculatus'' * [[Arnold's tetra]] ''Arnoldichthys spilopterus'' * [[Buenos Aires tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon anisitsi'' * [[Banded tetra]] ''Astyanax fasciatus'' * [[Bandtail tetra]] ''Moenkhausia dichroura'' * [[Barred glass tetra]] ''Phenagoniates macrolepis'' * [[Bass tetra]] ''Hemigrammus rodwayi'' * [[Beacon tetra]] ''Hemigrammus ocellifer'' * [[Belgian flag tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus'' * [[Black darter tetra]] ''Poecilocharax weitzmani'' * [[Black morpho tetra]] ''Poecilocharax weitzmani'' * [[Black neon tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi'' * [[Black phantom tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon megalopterus'' * [[Black tetra]] ''Gymnocorymbus ternetzi'' * Black tetra ''[[Gymnocorymbus thayer]]'' * [[Black wedge tetra]] ''Hemigrammus pulcher'' * [[Blackband tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon scholzei'' * [[Blackedge tetra]] ''Tyttocharax madeirae'' * [[Black-flag tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon rosaceus'' * [[Black-jacket tetra]] ''Moenkhausia takasei'' * [[Blackline tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon scholzei'' * Bleeding heart tetra ''[[Hyphessobrycon erythrostigma]]'' * Bleeding heart tetra ''[[Hyphessobrycon socolofi]]'' * [[Blind tetra]] ''Stygichthys typhlops'' * [[Bloodfin tetra]] ''Aphyocharax anisitsi'' * [[Bloodfin tetra]] ''Aphyocharax alburnus'' * [[Blue tetra]] ''[[Mimagoniates microlepis]]'' * [[Blue tetra]] ''Tyttocharax madeirae'' * [[Blue tetra]] ''Boehlkea fredcochui'' * [[Brilliant rummynose tetra]] ''Hemigrammus bleheri'' * [[Bucktooth tetra]] ''Exodon paradoxus'' * [[Buenos Aires tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon anisitsi'' * [[Butterfly tetra]] ''Gymnocorymbus ternetzi'' * [[Callistus tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon eques'' * [[Calypso tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon axelrodi'' * [[Cardinal tetra]] ''Paracheirodon axelrodi'' * [[Carlana tetra]] ''Carlana eigenmanni'' * [[Cochu's blue tetra]] ''Boehlkea fredcochui'' * [[Central tetra]] ''Astyanax aeneus'' * [[Coffee-bean tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon takasei'' * [[Colcibolca tetra]] ''Astyanax nasutus'' * [[Congo tetra]] ''Phenacogrammus interruptus'' * [[Copper tetra]] ''Hasemania melanura'' * [[Costello tetra]] ''Hemigrammus hyanuary'' * [[Creek tetra]] ''Bryconamericus scleroparius'' * [[Creek tetra]] ''Bryconamericus terrabensis'' * [[Croaking tetra]] ''[[Mimagoniates inequalis]]'' * [[Croaking tetra]] ''[[Mimagoniates lateralis]]'' * [[Dawn tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon eos'' * [[Dawn tetra]] ''Aphyocharax paraguayensis'' * [[Diamond tetra]] ''Moenkhausia pittieri'' * [[Discus tetra]] ''Brachychalcinus orbicularis'' * [[Disk tetra]] ''Brachychalcinus orbicularis'' * [[Disk tetra]] ''Myleus schomburgkii'' * [[Dragonfin tetra]] ''Pseudocorynopoma doriae'' * [[Ember tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon amandae'' * [[Emperor tetra]] ''Nematobrycon palmeri'' * [[False black tetra]] ''Gymnocorymbus thayeri'' * [[False neon tetra]] ''Paracheirodon simulans'' * [[False red nose tetra]] ''Petitella georgiae'' * [[False rummynose tetra]] ''Petitella georgiae'' * [[Featherfin tetra]] ''Hemigrammus unilineatus'' * [[Firehead tetra]] ''Hemigrammus bleheri'' * [[Flag tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus'' * [[Flame tail tetra]] ''Aphyocharax erythrurus'' * [[Flame tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon flammeus'' * [[Garnet tetra]] ''Hemigrammus pulcher'' * [[Glass tetra]] ''Moenkhausia oligolepis'' * [[Glossy tetra]] ''Moenkhausia oligolepis'' * [[Glowlight tetra]] ''Hemigrammus erythrozonus'' * [[Gold tetra]] ''Hemigrammus rodwayi'' * [[Golden tetra]] ''Hemigrammus rodwayi'' * [[Goldencrown tetra]] ''Aphyocharax alburnus'' * [[Goldspotted tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon griemi'' * [[Gold-tailed tetra]] ''Carlastyanax aurocaudatus'' * [[Green dwarf tetra]] ''Odontocharacidium aphanes'' * [[Green neon tetra]] ''Paracheirodon simulans'' * [[Green tetra]] ''Paracheirodon simulans'' * [[Griem's tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon griemi'' * [[Head-and-taillight tetra]] ''Hemigrammus ocellifer'' * [[January tetra]] ''Hemigrammus hyanuary'' * [[Jellybean tetra]] ''Lepidarchus adonis'' * [[Jewel tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon eques'' * [[Jumping tetra]] ''Hemibrycon tridens'' * [[Largespot tetra]] ''Astyanax orthodus'' * [[Lemon tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis'' * [[Longfin tetra]] ''Brycinus longipinnis'' * [[Long-finned glass tetra]] ''Xenagoniates bondi'' * [[Longjaw tetra]] ''Bramocharax bransfordii'' * [[Loreto tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon loretoensis'' * [[Mayan tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon compressus'' * [[Mexican tetra]] ''Astyanax mexicanus'' * [[Mimic scale-eating tetra]] ''Probolodus heterostomus'' * [[Mourning tetra]] ''Brycon pesu'' * [[Naked Tetra]] ''Gymnocharacinus bergii''<!-- Systematic Parasitology 51: 149–153 --> * [[Neon tetra]] ''Paracheirodon innesi'' * [[Niger tetra]] ''Arnoldichthys spilopterus'' * [[Nurse tetra]] ''Brycinus nurse'' * [[Oneline tetra]] ''Nannaethiops unitaeniatus'' * [[One-line tetra]] ''Hemigrammus unilineatus'' * [[Orangefin tetra]] ''Bryconops affinis'' * [[Ornate tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon bentosi'' * [[Panama tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon panamensis'' * [[Penguin tetra]] ''Thayeria boehlkei'' * [[Peruvian tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon peruvianus'' * [[Petticoat tetra]] ''Gymnocorymbus ternetzi'' * [[Phantom tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon megalopterus'' * [[Pittier's tetra]] ''Moenkhausia pittieri'' * [[Pretty tetra]] ''Hemigrammus pulcher'' * Pristella tetra ''[[Pristella maxillaris]]'' * [[Pygmy tetra]] ''Odontostilbe dialeptura'' * [[Rainbow tetra]] ''Nematobrycon palmeri'' * [[Rainbow tetra]] ''Nematobrycon lacortei'' * [[Red eye tetra]] ''Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae'' * [[Red phantom tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon sweglesi'' * [[Red tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon flammeus'' * [[Rednose tetra]] ''Hemigrammus rhodostomus'' * [[Red-nose tetra]] ''Hemigrammus bleheri'' * [[Redspotted tetra]] ''Copeina guttata'' * [[Rosy tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon bentosi'' * [[Rosy tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon rosaceus'' * [[Royal tetra]] ''Inpaichthys kerri'' * [[Ruby tetra]] ''Axelrodia riesei'' * [[Rummy-nose tetra]] ''Hemigrammus rhodostomus'' * [[Rummy-nose tetra]] ''Hemigrammus bleheri'' * [[Sailfin tetra]] ''Crenuchus spilurus'' * [[Savage tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon savagei'' * [[Savanna tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon stegemanni'' * [[Semaphore tetra]] ''Pterobrycon myrnae'' * [[Serpae tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon eques'' * [[Sharptooth tetra]] ''Micralestes acutidens'' * [[Silver tetra]] ''Gymnocorymbus thayeri'' * [[Silver tetra]] ''Ctenobrycon spilurus'' * [[Silver tetra]] ''Micralestes acutidens'' * [[Silvertip tetra]] ''Hasemania melanura'' * [[Silvertip tetra]] ''Hasemania nana'' * [[Silver-tipped tetra]] ''Hasemania nana'' * [[Splash tetra]] ''Copella arnoldi'' * [[Spotfin tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon socolofi'' * [[Spottail tetra]] ''Moenkhausia dichroura'' * [[Spotted tetra]] ''Copella nattereri'' * [[Swegles's tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon sweglesi'' * [[Tailspot tetra]] ''Bryconops caudomaculatus'' * [[Tetra von Rio]] ''Hyphessobrycon flammeus'' * [[Three-lined African tetra]] ''Neolebias trilineatus'' * [[Tiete tetra]] ''Brycon insignis'' * [[Tortuguero tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon tortuguerae'' * [[Transparent tetra]] ''Charax gibbosus'' * [[True big-scale tetra]] ''Brycinus macrolepidotus'' * [[Uruguay tetra]] ''Cheirodon interruptus'' * [[White spot tetra]] ''Aphyocharax paraguayensis'' * [[X-ray tetra]] ''Pristella maxillaris'' * [[Yellow tetra]] ''Hyphessobrycon bifasciatus'' * [[Yellow-tailed African tetra]] ''Alestopetersius caudalis'' ==Footnotes== <references/> [[Category:Tetras| ]] [[ja:テトラ]] [[no:Tetraer]] [[nn:Tetra]] [[es:Tetra (pez)]]