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Hyphessobrycon agulha (also known as the red-tailed flag tetra) is a species of tetra in the family Characidae. As a freshwater fish, it inhabits the basin of the Madeira River in Brazil along with parts of Peru and Bolivia, and it reaches a maximum length of 4.3 centimetres.[1] Though it is mainly found in the wild, it is occasionally kept by fishkeepers[2] and is sometimes confused with the neon tetra.[3] The fish is primarily an insectivore, though it does eat vegetable matter.[4] It is considered to form a group with other species in Hyphessobrycon as they share a dark stripe running lengthwise.[5]

Hyphessobrycon agulha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Hyphessobrycon
Species:	H. agulha
Binomial name
Hyphessobrycon agulha (Fowler, 1913)

While its name comes from the native name for this species along the Madeira River in Brazil,[6] the fish also occurs in Colombia and Peru.

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