For the first time ever we were able now to import this beautiful tetra from Peru. Scientifically H. agulha is known for quite a long time, but it has never become an aquarium fish so far. In Jaques Géry´s classical work on Characoids of the World even a complete group of Hyphessobrycon is named after H. agulha. It is defined as “lower half of the body dark, especially above anal fin; usually a horizontally elongate humeral spot, more or less united with the asymmetrical, broad band”. The H. agulha-group comprises, besides the name-bearing species, H. peruvianus, H. loretoensis, H. metae, and H. herbertaxelrodi, which are well known aquarium inhabitants.
IN THE MEANTIME THE SPECIES HAS BEEN DESCRIBED SCIENTIFICALLY UNDER THE NAME OF HYPHESSOBRYCON ESCHWARTZAE.
A conspicuous feature of our fish is the brightly shining spot in the upper part of the caudal peduncle. Along with the shining upper part of the eye this is a signal for conspecifics in the dark waters of the natural invironment of the species. If one keeps the pretty tetra in so-called black-water the effect is really enchanting.
Regarding general keeping of the fish: there is no difference to that of the well known remaining members of the group.
For our customers: the fish has code 255973 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Lexicon: Hyphessobrycon: ancient Greek, means “small Brycon”. Brycon is another genus of tetras. agulha: after a popular name given to the species in the region of the Rio Madeira, the type locality.
Text & photos: Frank Schäfer
| Angaben zum Tier | |
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| Herkunft | Peru |
| Verfügbare Größe in cm | 3-4 |
