Minor tetra

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| name = Minor tetra

| image = Minor tetra.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn|author=Taphorn, D.C.|author2= DoNascimiento, C.|author3= Herrera-Collazos, E.E.|author4= Mojica, J.I.|author5= Rodríguez-Olarte, D. |author6= Usma, S. |name-list-style=amp |year= 2021 |title= Hyphessobrycon minor |page= e.T176092299A176092327 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176092299A176092327.en |access-date=26 December 2023}}

| taxon = Hyphessobrycon minor

| authority = Durbin, 1909

}}

The minor tetra (Hyphessobrycon minor) is a small fish from the Essequibo River in Guyana in South America, closely resembling its relative, the serpae tetra, from the Amazon and Paraguay.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ta0iAQAAIAAJ |title=Tropical Fish Hobbyist |date=1997 |publisher=T.F.H. Publications |pages=143 |language=en}} These two very similar species are separated geographically, so they would not interbreed.