glass bloodfish
Prionobrama filigera (Cope, 1870)
Also calledGlassalmler (deu) · Prionobrama (por) · Rotflossen-Glassalmler (deu) · Rotschwanz-Glassalmler (deu) · tetra vláknoploutvá (ces) · Стекловидная тетра (rus) · Стеклянная тетра (rus)
The glass bloodfin tetra (Prionobrama filigera) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae. This species is found in the Amazon basin of South America.
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Description
The glass bloodfin tetra has a maximum total length of 6.0 cm (2.4 in). This species is similar to its only congener, P. paraguayensis, but that species does not have red in the caudal fin. It is distinguished from the similarly name bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi) by having a more elongate body and in not having red colour in the anal and pelvic fins.
Range & habitat
The glass bloodfin tetra is found in the central and western Amazon basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru. This species is found in floodplain lakes and in sandy shoals in whitewater rivers; here it prefers stands of aquatic macrophytes.
In human culture
The glass bloodfin tetra is the type species of the genus Prionobrama. This genus name compounds the Greek for a saw, príōn, an allusion to the row of teeth on the dentary, with brama, a reference to the European common bream (Abramis brama), which this fish was said to resemble. The specific name, filigera, means "thread bearing", a reference to the long, pointed anal fin.
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2353985.