Brycon insignis
| Brycon insignis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Bryconidae |
| Genus: | Brycon |
| Species: | B. insignis
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| Binomial name | |
| Brycon insignis Steindachner, 1877
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Brycon insignis, the Tiete tetra, is a species of species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bryconidae, the doradas and jaw tetras. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul River basin in southeast Brazil. B. insignis migrates upstream to spawn and has traditionally been important to fisheries, but it is now a threatened species.