Moenkhausia | |
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Moenkhausia lepidura | |
Moenkhausia pittieri | |
Scientific classification | |
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 | |
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]