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Macabí Tetra (Brycon guatemalensis)
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Macabí Tetra (Brycon guatemalensis) specimen
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Bryconidae

Macabí Tetra

Brycon guatemalensis

Spawn in sand bottom nests

  • Tropical
  • Restricted distribution
  • Freshwater fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

Macabí Tetra is a freshwater fish of Central America. The species occupies freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 59 cm.

Genus
Brycon
Maximum length
59 cm
Water
Freshwater
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Central America: Atlantic slope from Grijalva River, Mexico to eastern Panama; in the Pacific slope, only in Choluteca River basin of Honduras.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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