Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae Characins; tetras
Subfamily: Aphyocharacinae
Genus: Prionobrama

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Photo by Yuri Hooker/WWF-OPP

South America
Max. Length 6 cm TL
Prionobrama filigera (Cope, 1870)

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Prionobrama filigera
[Glass bloodfin]

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South America
Max. Length 5 cm TL
Prionobrama paraguayensis (Eigenmann, 1914)

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Prionobrama paraguayensis
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Prionobrama filigera Glass bloodfin South America 6 TL 1870
Prionobrama paraguayensis South America 5 TL 1914



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