Bloodfin tetra
| Bloodfin tetra | |
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| Bloodfin tetras in a community tank | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Aphyocharax |
| Species: | A. anisitsi
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| Binomial name | |
| Aphyocharax anisitsi C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
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The bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi) is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae. This fish is found in southern central South America.