| Moenkhausia | |
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| Moenkhausia lepidura | |
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| Moenkhausia pittieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Moenkhausia C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 |
| Type species | |
| Tetragonopterus xinguensis Steindachner, 1882
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| Synonyms | |
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Gymnotichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1950 | |
Moenkhausia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to tropical and subtropical South America. These are medium-sized tetras where the largest species only reach around 12 cm (4.7 in).[1]
The diamond tetra and red-eye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus.[2][3]
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Moenkhausia". FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ^ SeriouslyFish: Moenkhausia pittieri. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ SeriouslyFish: Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae. Retrieved 21 March 2017.