| Neon tetra | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Paracheirodon |
| Species: | P. innesi
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| Binomial name | |
| Paracheirodon innesi (G. S. Myers, 1936) [1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Hyphessobrycon innesi Myers, 1936 | |
The neon tetra (Paracheirodon innesi) is a freshwater fish of the characin family (family Characidae) of order Characiformes. The type species of its genus, it is native to blackwater and clearwater streams in the Amazon basin of South America.[2][3] Its bright colouring makes the fish visible to conspecifics in the dark blackwater streams,[4] and is also the main reason for its popularity among freshwater fish hobbyists, with neon tetras being one of the most widely kept tropical fish in the world.[5]
- ^ "Paracheirodon innesi". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracheirodon innesi". FishBase. December 2019 version.
- ^ "Paracheirodon innesi". SeriouslyFish. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
- ^ Ikeda, Takehide; Shiro, Kohshima (2009). "Why is the neon tetra so bright? Coloration for mirror-image projection to confuse predators? "Mirror-image decoy" hypothesis". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 86 (3): 427–441. Bibcode:2009EnvBF..86..427I. doi:10.1007/s10641-009-9543-y. S2CID 23842656.
- ^ Alderton, David (2002). Freshwater Aquariums. BowTie Press. p. 62. ISBN 1-931993-11-4.