| Red phantom tetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. sweglesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon sweglesi (Géry, 1961)
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Hyphessobrycon sweglesi is a species of tetra that lives in the Orinoco River drainage basin in South America.[2] The species' scientific name used to be Megalamphodus sweglisi and the species' common name is red phantom tetra.[3] It grows up to 4 cm (1.6 in).[4]
- ^ Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; Mojica, J.I.; Rodríguez-Olarte, D. & Villa-Navarro, F. (2021). "Hyphessobrycon sweglesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T61662727A61662735. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T61662727A61662735.en. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hyphessobrycon sweglesi". FishBase. November 2009 version.
- ^ "Red Phantom Tetra Information". Tropical Fish Aquariums. Archived from the original on 2012-10-14. Retrieved 2009-11-05.
- ^ Alderton, David (2019). Encyclopedia of Aquarium and Pond Fish. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-2413-6424-6.