Hemigrammus bleheri

Hemigrammus bleheri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Hemigrammus
Species: H. bleheri
Binomial name
Hemigrammus bleheri
Géry & Mahnert, 1986[1]

Hemigrammus bleheri is a species of characin found in Amazon Basin in Brazil and Peru. It is a very popular aquarium fish, one of three species called rummy-nose tetra, but is also called firehead tetra according to FishBase. This species is found in the Rio Negro and Rio Meta basins.

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