Hyphessobrycon copelandi

12. July 2016

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This tetra is the most gracile of the so called „rosy tetras“. The rosy tetras are a specious clade of tetras that share the following characters: a comparatively deep body, a humeral spot (the spot on the shoulder), long fins in males and in females an obvious white-black-white marking in the dorsal fin. The phantom tetras, rosy tetras, bleeding hearts and so on belong to that group.

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Hyphessobrycon copelandi is a sought for species of fish. One can concluse this from the fact that the species has a quite well known common name in German: Federsalmler, which means „Feather tetra“. Nevertheless it is extremely rare in the trade. Most often enthusiasts had to pick up single specimens out of importations of cardinal tetras.

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Now we were able to import a good number of fully grown (about 4 cm long) specimens from Brazil. Who knows, maybe a breeder decides now to build up a aquarium population of the pretty fish?

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For our customers: the animals have code 259904 on our stocklist. Please note that we exclusively supply the wholesale trade.
Text & photos: Frank Schäfer