Hemigrammus bleheri
Hemigrammus bleheri | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Hemigrammus |
Species: | H. bleheri |
Binomial name | |
Hemigrammus bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986[1] | |
Hemigrammus bleheri is a species of characin found in Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru. It is a very popular aquarium fish, one of three species called rummy-nose tetra, but is also called firehead tetra according to FishBase. This species is found in the Rio Negro and Rio Meta basins.