| Redeye tetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Moenkhausia |
| Species: | M. sanctaefilomenae
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| Binomial name | |
| Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907)
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The redeye tetra (Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae), is a species of tetra from the São Francisco, upper Paraná, Paraguay and Uruguay river basins in eastern and central South America.[2][3] This freshwater fish is commonly kept in aquariums and bred in large numbers at commercial facilities in Eastern Europe and Asia.[4] The redeye tetra is one of the more popular aquarium fish due to their schooling capability.
It can grow up to 7 cm (2.8 in) in length,[4] and live for approximately 5 years.[3] The red-eye tetra has a bright silver body accented by a white-edged black basal half of the tail and a thin red circle around its eye. It is part of a group that consists of three similar species, the two others being M. forestii (upper Paraguay and upper Paraná basins) and M. oligolepis (Amazon and Paraguay basins, and the Guianas).[5]
Yellow-banded tetra is another common name for the M. sanctaefilomenae. The fish has a yellow band on its caudal peduncle, which differentiates it from the glass tetra.[6]
- ^ "Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae". FishBase. April 2008 version.
- ^ a b "Red Eye Tetra". about.com. Retrieved 2008-05-01.
- ^ a b Riehl & Baensch (1987). "Aquarium Atlas Volume 1", Mergus, p.302
- ^ Benine, R.C.; T.C. Mariguela; C. Oliveira (2009). "New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) with comments on the Moenkhausia oligolepis species complex". Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (2): 161–168. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000200005. hdl:11449/18468.
- ^ Alderton, David (2019). Encyclopedia of Aquarium and Pond Fish (3rd ed.). UK: Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-2413-6424-6.