Description

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Common Names

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Sort fantom , Danish , Denmark

Sort Fantomtetra , Danish , Denmark

Black phantom tetra , English , Australia

Black phantom tetra , English , USA

Phantom tetra , English , Philippines

Musta-aavetetra , Finnish , Finland

Phantomsalmler , German , Germany

Schwarzer Phantomsalmler , German , Germany

大鰭魮脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大鳍魮脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑鰭多齒脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑鳍多齿脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Barwieniec czarny , Polish , Poland

Tetra fantasma , Portuguese (Unknown) , Brazil

Tetra fantasma negro , Spanish , Spain

Fantomtetra , Swedish , Sweden

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Hyphessobrycon

Species: Hyphessobrycon megalopterus (Eigenmann, 1915)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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Feeds on worms, small insects and crustaceans (Ref. 7020). Aquarium keeping: in groups of 5 or more individuals; minimum aquarium size 60 cm (Ref. 51539).

Habitat

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benthopelagic