Hyphessobrycon axelrodi
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| Hyphessobrycon axelrodi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. axelrodi |
| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon axelrodi (Travassos, 1959) | |
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Hyphessobrycon axelrodi, the Calypso tetra, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[2] This fish is found in Trinidad & Tobago.
It was named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927–2017), who collected the type specimen.[3]