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Common Name: serpae tetra
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: According to Géry (1977), the genus Hyphessobrycon contains approximately 65 species and needs systematic revision. Hyphessobrycon serpae itself represents a species complex. See Géry for an identification key and a color photograph. A color photograph was also published in Axelrod et al. (1985).
Size: 4 cm.
Native Range: Tropical America. Central Amazon basin and Guianas (Géry 1977).
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Nonindigenous Occurrences: The only record is that of two specimens taken in Florida from a canal at the upper end of Mill Bayou, Bay County, in September 1989 (FL DNR, personal communication).
Means of Introduction: These fish were either aquarium releases or fish that escaped from a fish farm.
Status: eported from Florida.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: This is a well-known aquarium species. There are no known voucher specimens.
Axelrod, H. R., W. E. Burgess, N. Pronek, and J. G. Walls. 1985. Dr. Axelrod's atlas of freshwater aquarium fishes. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
FL DNR - Florida Department of Natural Resources.
Géry, J. 1977. Characoids of the world. Tropical Fish Hobbyist Publications, Inc., Neptune City, NJ.
Other Resources:
FishBase Fact Sheet
Author: Leo Nico
Revision Date: 12/6/1999 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Hyphessobrycon serpae. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=422> Revision Date: 12/6/1999
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