So it is very likely that our new lemon tetra belongs to a so far undescribed species. According to our breeder the breeding behaviour is also different. They differ from the well known lemon tetra due to their brillant orange basic colour and the lack of the typical black border of the anal fin. The ancestors of our new lemon tetra which we can offer in wonderful German bred specimens are said to originate from Bolivia. Other sources give also the Xingu and the Tocantins. So it lasted until 1980 when Gery found that the natural range of the species lies in the lower Amazon basin, to be more precise in the lower and middle Tapajós between Itaituba and Jacare Acanga, and in brooks flowing towards the Rio Curua do Sol.
Although breeding the lemon tetra is not that easy (not every pair will spawn readily and females have to spawn very often for otherwise their eggs become infertile etc.) no wild caughts came in anymore. The scientific description based on specimens imported for the ornamental fish trade and so the origin could be given only vaguely as „probably Amazon river“. The origin of the lemon tetra was not known until 1980, although the species has already been scientifically described in 1937. But even the lemon tetra keeps a lot of secrets…. Like in so many other very common species no one gives a thought on them. The lemon tetra, Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis, belongs to the most important ornamental fishes and can be found in almost any pet shop.
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