Hyphessobrycon copelandi is a species of South American tetra, belonging to the family Characidae. They are gray in coloration with a faint black humeral spot. Their dorsal, pectoral, and anal fins are white fronted. It is known to reach a length of 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in). Hyphessobrycon copelandi is known to live in the Solimões, Mana, and Approuague River Basins. It is most often found in slow moving waters or areas in creeks with a counter current. It inhabits the upstream part of the river before waterfalls. They have seen limited use in the fish trade, even having a common name in German, federsalmler, which translates to "feather tetra". As a benthopelagic fish, they reside away from the surface of the water.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. copelandi
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| Hyphessobrycon copelandi (Durbin, 1908)
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Etymology
editThe fish is named in memory of Herbert Copeland, a Boston volunteer on the 1865–1866 Thayer Expedition to Brazil, during which the type specien was collected.[2]
References
edit- ^ Lima, F. (2023). "Hyphessobrycon copelandi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T49829990A159672245. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829990A159672245.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 11 August 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Hyphessobrycon copelandi" in FishBase. April 2006 version.
- ^ "Hyphessobrycon copelandi". 12 July 2016.
- ^ "Hyphessobrycon copelandi Durbin, 1908". Discover Life. Retrieved 2022-08-25.
- ^ "Fish and plants database".
- ^ "ADW: Hyphessobrycon copelandi: CLASSIFICATION".