Hyphessobrycon auca

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| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Brancolini, F.|author2= Baigun, C. |author3= Minotti, P. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2023 |title= Hyphessobrycon auca |page= e.T176426357A176426369 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T176426357A176426369.en |access-date=28 December 2023}}

| taxon = Hyphessobrycon auca

| authority = (Almirón, Casciotta, Bechara & Ruíz Díaz, 2004)

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Hyphessobrycon auca is a species of South American fish in the family Characidae.

Description

H. auca reaches a maximum length of {{cvt|4.2|cm}}.{{FishBase | genus = Hyphessobrycon | species = auca | year = 2018 | month = 1}}

The species is very similar to the Buenos Aires tetra (Psalidodon asitsi), with only subtle differences. It is slightly duller with less red on its fins and patchier black area at the base of the tail.{{cite web|url=http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/hyphessobrycon-auca/|title=Hyphessobrycon auca|website=Seriously Fish}}

Distribution and habitat

The species is known only from two localities, individual ponds in wetlands in the Corrientes province of northern Argentina.

References

Category:Hyphessobrycon

Category:Taxa named by Adriana Edith Almirón

Category:Taxa named by Jorge Rafael Casciotta

Category:Taxa named by José Alfredo Bechara

Category:Taxa named by Federico José Ruíz Díaz

Category:Fish described in 2004

Category:Freshwater fish of Argentina