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Ruby Tetra

Axelrodia riesei

Classification

The ruby tetra (Axelrodia riesei) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. This fish is found in northern South America. Taxonomy The ruby tetra was first formally described in 1965 by the French ichthyologist Jacques Géry, with its type locality given as the Upper Río Meta basin, east of Villavicencio in Colombia.

Distribution

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