Hyphessobrycon compressus
| Hyphessobrycon compressus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Genus: | Hyphessobrycon |
| Species: | H. compressus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hyphessobrycon compressus (Meek, 1904)
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Hyphessobrycon compressus, the Mayan tetra, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is the northernmost species in the genus Hyphessobrycon, as well as its type species.