Gold tetra

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Gold tetra
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Hemigrammus
Species:
H. rodwayi
Binomial name
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Durbin, 1909

The gold tetra, or Rodway's tetra [1] (Hemigrammus rodwayi) is a species of small freshwater ray-finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is found in to lowland South America, [2] where they are abundant in coastal floodplains. [3] Their name comes from a powdery golden tint on their body that is thought to be caused by internal parasites. [4] Gold tetras are peaceful, hardy, schooling community fish. [5] Gold tetras have been successfully bred in captivity. [6]

The patronym was given by Marion Durban Ellis in honor of James Rodway, a renowned naturalist of British Guiana, who aided Carl Eigenmann's collecting trips in South America. [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

References

  1. 1 2 Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, C.; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; et al. (2021). "Hemigrammus rodwayi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T49829773A175965570. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T49829773A175965570.en . Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  2. ↑ "Gold Tetra, Captive-Bred: Tropical Fish for Freshwater Aquariums". www.liveaquaria.com. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  3. ↑ "Hemigrammus rodwayi (Golden Tetra)". Seriously Fish. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  4. ↑ "Hemigrammus rodwayi Gold Tetra". aquahobby The Age of Aquariums. Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-04-27.
  5. ↑ "FishProfiles.com - Hemigrammus rodwayi". fishprofiles.com. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
  6. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Hemigrammus rodwayi". FishBase .
  7. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 25 October 2025.
  8. ↑ Eigenmann, Carl H. (1889). South American Fishes.
  9. ↑ The Fish Culturist. Pennsylvania Fish Culturists' Association. 1944.
  10. ↑ Eigenmann, Carl H. (1912). The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. MBLWHOI Library. Pittsburgh : Carnegie Institute.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link)
  11. ↑ Eigenmann, Carl H.; Myers, George S. (George Sprague) (1917). The American Characidae. Smithsonian Libraries. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum.


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