| Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. heterorhabdus |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus (Ulrey, 1894) |
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Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus, the Belgian flag tetra or flag tetra, is a species of characid fish from Brazil.[1]
This fish “has an elongate and laterally compressed body”[2] and is “attractive…with red colored eyes and a lateral stripe composed of black, red, and yellow lines”[3] similar to the flag of Belgium (thus the name).