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Common Name: redeye tetra
Taxonomy: available through 
Identification: The genus is in need of systematic revision. Géry (1977) provided a key and photographs. Color photographs appeared in Axelrod et al. (1985) and Sakurai et al. (1993). This species closely resembles the glass tetra Moenkhausia oligolepis in body form and coloration but has fewer lateral line scales.
Size: 7 cm.
Native Range:
Tropical America. Paraguay River basin of South America (Géry 1977).
Nonindigenous Occurrences: Two specimens were taken from a ditch in Florida adjacent to Tampa Bypass Canal, near a fish farm east of Tampa in Hillsborough County, on 10 November 1993 (museum specimens).
Means of Introduction: These fish were probably released or escaped from a fish farm, or were aquarium releases.
Status: Reported from one site in Florida.
Impact of Introduction: Unknown.
Remarks: This is species is common in the aquarium trade. Voucher specimens: Florida (UF 98917).
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.
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: 11/13/2003 Citation for this information:
Leo Nico. 2009. Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae. USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species Database, Gainesville, FL.
<http://nas.er.usgs.gov/queries/FactSheet.asp?speciesID=424> Revision Date: 11/13/2003
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