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Serpa Tetra

Megalamphodus eques

Classification

The serpae tetra (Megalamphodus eques), also known as the Red Minor tetra, Callistus tetra, jewel tetra or blood characin, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. This species is found in South America. Taxonomy The serpae tetra was first formally described as Chirodon eques in 1882 by the Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner, with its type locality given as Villa Bella and Obidos on the Amazon River in Brazil.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil · 301Paraguay · 7Argentina · 5Uruguay · 2Bolivia · 1