Moenkhausia oligolepis
| Moenkhausia oligolepis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Genus: | Moenkhausia |
| Species: | M. oligolepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864)
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| Synonyms | |
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Tetragonopterus oligolepis Günther, 1864 | |
Moenkhausia oligolepis, commonly known as the redeye tetra and the glass tetra, is a species of ray-finned fish in the family Acestrorhamphidae.[1][2][3][4]
References
- ^ "Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 2025-12-12.
- ^ Benine, Ricardo C.; Mariguela, Tatiane C.; Oliveira, Claudio (December 12, 2009). "New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) with comments on the Moenkhausia oligolepis species complex". Neotropical Ichthyology. 7 (2): 161–168. Bibcode:2009NeoIc...7..161B. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252009000200005. hdl:11449/18468 – via SciELO.
- ^ "Glass Tetra (Moenkhausia oligolepis)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 12 December 2025.
- ^ Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum 5: i–xxii + 1–455. BHL