Kingdom Animalia Order Characiformes Genus Brycon Higher classification Brycon | Phylum Chordata Family Characidae Scientific name Brycon insignis Rank Species | |
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Similar Brycon, Brycon orbignyanus, Brycon amazonicus, Brycon devillei, Characidae | ||
Brycon insignis, the Tiete tetra, is a species of fish in the Characidae family. It is endemic to the Paraíba do Sul River basin in southeast Brazil. B. insignis migrates upstream to spawn and has traditionally been important to fisheries, but it is now a threatened species.
Some authorities recognize B. acuminatus as a separate, possibly extinct species, but recent authorities treat it as a synonym of B. insignis.
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