Hemigrammus

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title: "Hemigrammus" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["hemigrammus", "pristellinae", "freshwater-fish-genera", "characiformes-genera", "taxa-named-by-theodore-gill"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/hemigrammus" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemigrammus" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Tetra Glowlight cropped.jpg | image_caption = Hemigrammus erythrozonus | taxon = Hemigrammus | authority = T. N. Gill, 1858 | type_species = Poecilurichthys (Hemigrammus) unilineatus | type_species_authority = Gill 1858 | synonyms = * Aphyodite C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 | synonyms_ref =

Hemigrammus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in South America, including Trinidad, and commonly seen in the aquarium trade. These are medium-small tetras where the largest species reach up to around 11 cm.

Species

There are currently 55 recognized species in this genus:

• Hemigrammus amacayacu Albornoz‐Garzón, Méndez‐López, DoNascimiento & Lima, 2019
• Hemigrammus analis Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus apiaka (Esguícero & Castro, 2017)
• Hemigrammus arua F. C. T. Lima, Wosiacki & C. S. Ramos, 2009
• Hemigrammus ataktos Marinho, D'Agosta & Birindelli, 2014
• Hemigrammus barrigonae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
• Hemigrammus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus boesemani Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus brevis Durbin, 1911
• Hemigrammus changae Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Hidalgo, 2019
• Hemigrammus coeruleus Durbin, 1908
• Hemigrammus collettii (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus copei (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus cupreus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus diagonicus Mendonça & Wosiacki, 2011
• Hemigrammus durbinae Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2015
• Hemigrammus eigenmanni (Géry, 1964)
• Hemigrammus elegans (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 (Glowlight tetra)
• Hemigrammus filamentosus Zarske, 2011
• Hemigrammus flavus (Britzke, Troy, Oliveira & Benine, 2018
• Hemigrammus gracilis (Lütken, 1875)
• Hemigrammus grammicus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918 (Costello tetra)
• Hemigrammus iota Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus kuroobi Reia & Benine, 2019
• Hemigrammus levis Durbin, 1908
• Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus machadoi Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2014
• Hemigrammus mahnerti Uj & Géry, 1989
• Hemigrammus marginatus Durbin, 1911
• Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945
• Hemigrammus melanochrous Fowler, 1913
• Hemigrammus melogrammus C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Hemigrammus micropterus Meek, 1907
• Hemigrammus microstomus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus mimus J. E. Böhlke, 1955
• Hemigrammus ora Zarske, Le Bail & Géry, 2006
• Hemigrammus orthus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus parana Marinho, F. R. de Carvalho, Langeani & Tatsumi, 2008
• Hemigrammus pretoensis Géry, 1965
• Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 (Gold tetra)
• Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Zarske, 2015
• Hemigrammus schmardae (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus silimoni Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2008
• Hemigrammus stictus (Durbin, 1909)
• Hemigrammus taphorni Benine & G. A. M. Lopes, 2007
• Hemigrammus tocantinsi F. R. de Carvalho, Bertaco & Jerep, 2010
• Hemigrammus tridens C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
• Hemigrammus tupebas (Esguícero & Castro, 2017)
• Hemigrammus ulreyi (Boulenger, 1895)
• Hemigrammus unilineatus (T. N. Gill, 1858) (Feather-fin tetra)
• Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri Géry, 1963
• Hemigrammus xaveriellus Lima, Urbano-Bonilla & Prada-Pedreros, 2020

References

References

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2. {{Cof genus. Hemigrammus
3. Marinho, M.M.F.. (2014). "''Hemigrammus ataktos'': a new species from the rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology.
4. Mendonça, M.B.. (2011). "A New Species of ''Hemigrammus'' from the Lower Amazon Floodplain (Characiformes: Characidae)". Copeia.
5. Ota, R.P.. (2015). "A new species of ''Hemigrammus'' Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins". Zootaxa.
6. Zarske, A.. (2011). "''Hemigrammus filamentosus'' spec. nov. – der Südamerikanische Fadensalmler, ein neuer Salmler (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) aus dem Araguaya-Becken in Brasilien". Vertebrate Zoology.
7. Ota, R.P.. (2014). "A new species of ''Hemigrammus'' Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira and rio Paraguai basins, with a redescription of ''H. lunatus''". Neotropical Ichthyology.
8. Zarske, A.. (2015). "''Hemigrammus rubrostriatus'' spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von ''Hemigrammus falsus'' Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae).". Vertebrate Zoology.

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