OSTEICHTHYES: CHARACIFORMES: FAMILY: Nematobrycon

Nematobrycon palmeri Eigenmann and date

Emperor Tetra

Photo by Dr. Robert Sprackland.

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Range: Rivers of the San Juan Basin, and the Arrato River, along Columbia's Pacific slope.

Diagnosis:

Description: A silvery fish with a trident-shaped tail, a tall dorsal fin, and long anal fin that is about one-half the length of the head and body.

Natural History:

Reproduction: Egg layers.

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Literature:  

Suttner, Rudolf. 1997. Der Schwartze Kaisertetra. T. I. Magazin (Melle, Germany), 136: 15-17.