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Species
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyAcestrorhamphidae
CI-FML 3826 , 2 ex., C&S, 33.7-35.6 mm, Paraguay , Alto Paraguay , Fortín Patria, Rio Negro .
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- Gymnocorymbus
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Encyclopedic overview
The black tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi), also known as the petticoat tetra, high-fin black skirt tetra, black skirt tetra, black widow tetra and blackamoor, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.
It is native to the Paraguay River basin of south-central Brazil (mainly Pantanal region), Paraguay and northeast Argentina, but there are also populations in the upper Paraná and Paraíba do Sul Rivers that likely were introduced. It was formerly reported from the Guapore River, but this population is part of G. flaviolimai, which is found throughout the Madeira River basin and was described in 2015. The black tetra is often kept in aquariums.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “black tetra” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.