🐟Black neon tetra
Der Schwarze Neon (Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi), auch Schwarzer Flaggensalmler genannt, ist ein Süßwasserfisch, der im Stromgebiet des oberen Río Paraguay und anderen Gewässern des Mato Grosso vorkommt. Die Art wurde 1961 durch den französischen Ichthyologen Jacques Géry beschrieben und zu Ehren des Fischexperten und Autors aquaristischer Fachliteratur Herbert R. Axelrod benannt.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2022.
- Body mass
- not recorded
- Body length
- 0.03 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- not recorded
Everything we know about the Black neon tetra
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body length0.03 mmaximum recordedFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
Trophic level2.91FishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0
DietcarnivoreaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
From trophic level 2.91 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.
Danger to humansharmlessFishBaseDetails ↓Hide ↑
Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black neon tetra yet: body mass, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›orderCharaciformes
- ›familyCharacidae
- ›genusHyphessobrycon
- ›speciesHyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- subclassNeopterygii
- superorderCharaciphysae
- orderCharaciformes
All 10 branches ↓Fewer branches ↑
- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassRay-finned fish · Actinopterygii
- classActinopteri
- subclassNeopterygii
- superorderCharaciphysae
- orderCharaciformes
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