Description

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Common Names

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Coffee-bean tetra , English , USA

Paputetra , Finnish , Finland

Täplätetra , Finnish , Finland

Grain de café , French , French Guiana

塔氏魮脂鯉 , Mandarin Chinese , China

塔氏魮脂鲤 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Characiformes

Family: Characidae

Genus: Hyphessobrycon

Species: Hyphessobrycon takasei Géry, 1964

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Biology

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This small species exhibits a calm behavior. It was introduced in Germany in 1962 for the aquarium trade (Ref. 12225).

Habitat

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benthopelagic