Description
Remarks: Strawberry tetras are small tetras from the Rio Sao Francisco in Brazil. This river is part of a closed off system, which means this tetra can only be found there. With coloration similar to that of a HY511, this Tetra’s beautiful pink/red/black body stands out amongst other more common Tetras.
The scientific name for the strawberry tetra used to be Hyphessobrycon micropterus. However, it was reclassified as Megalamphodus micropterus after the completion of an intensive phylogenic study on species in the family Characidae. Many other species were reclassified as well as a result of this study which can be read here:
The following article also provides a good breakdown of the results of the study and does not have a paywall:
