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Blood Red Tetra

Brittanichthys axelrodi

Classification

Brittanichthys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the Rio Negro basin in South America. Species Brittanichthys contains te following valid species: Brittanichthys axelrodi Géry, 1965 Brittanichthys myersi Géry, 1965 Etymology The genus Brittanichthys is named in honor of ichthyologist Martin Ralph Brittan, Sacramento State College, California, who discovered both species.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog