Moenkhausia rubra

Moenkhausia rubra

Classification

Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae

Moenkhausia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. They are found in tropical and subtropical South America and are medium-sized tetras, where the largest species only reach around 12 cm (4. 7 in).

Distribution

Moenkhausia rubra — (c) Pastana, Murilo N. L.; Dagosta, Fernando C. P., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Brazil · 12

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Pastana, Murilo N. L.; Dagosta, Fernando C. P., some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionMoenkhausia, Wikipedia contributors

Moenkhausia rubra

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