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Rodway's Tetra

Hemigrammus rodwayi

Classification

The gold tetra, or Rodway's tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi), is a species of small freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is found in lowland South America, where they are abundant in coastal floodplains. Their name comes from a powdery golden tint on their body that is thought to be caused by internal parasites.

Distribution

(c) Hui, Tan Heok; Peng, Kelvin Lim Kok; Huan, Liew Jia; Wei, Low Bi; Hing, Rayson Lim Bock; Beng, Jeffrey Kwik Teik; Yeo, Darren C. J., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 114France · 35