Axelrodia
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| Axelrodia | |
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| Firefly tetra (Axelrodia species) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Megalamphodinae |
| Genus: | Axelrodia Géry, 1965[1] |
| Type species | |
| Axelrodia fowleri Géry, 1965[1] | |
Axelrodia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon Basin and Meta River in South America.
