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Species of fish

Gold tetra
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Hemigrammus
Species: H. rodwayi
Binomial name
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Durbin, 1909

The gold tetra, or Rodway's tetra (Hemigrammus rodwayi) is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to lowland South America, where they are abundant in coastal floodplains. Their name comes from a powdery golden tint on their body that is thought to be caused by internal parasites. Gold tetras are peaceful, hardy, schooling community fish. Gold tetras have been successfully bred in captivity.

The patronym was given by Marion Durban Ellis in honor of James Rodway (1848-1926), a renowned naturalist of British Guiana, who aided Carl Eigenmann’s collecting trips in South America.

References

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  7. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (19 June 2024). "Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 22 June 2024.
  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.
  11. Eigenmann, Carl H.; Myers, George S. (George Sprague) (1917). The American Characidae. Smithsonian Libraries. Cambridge, Printed for the Museum.
Taxon identifiers
Hemigrammus rodwayi


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