Hyphessobrycon chocoensis

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| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Villa-Navarro, F. |year= 2016 |title= Hyphessobrycon chocoensis |page= e.T66597499A66635728 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T66597499A66635728.en |access-date=26 December 2023}}

| taxon = Hyphessobrycon chocoensis

| authority = García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2013

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Hyphessobrycon chocoensis is a species of South American tetra, belonging to the family Characidae. It is pale orange in coloration. It has a very thin and dark midline beginning at the base of the caudal fin and fading back to pale orange before it reaches the gills. It is around {{convert|4|cm}} in length. It is known to inhabit the Telembí River Basin in Colombia. This fish is benthopelagic, meaning that it resides away from the surface of the water.