South American Tetras
South American tetras are the most popular shoaling fish in the hobby. Browse our species guides below.
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Black Widow Tetra
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Red Spotted Splash Tetra
Copella meinkeni
Red-Line Lizard Tetra
Iguanodectes geisleri
Black Morpho Tetra
Poecilocharax weitzmani
Black Heart Tetra
Hyphessobrycon copelandi
Blackline Tetra
Hyphessobrycon scholzei
Black-belt Tetra
Hemigrammus kuroobi
Arowana Tetra
Gnathocharax steindachneri
Blue Flash Glass Tetra
Heterocharax virgulatus
Dwarf Blue Tetra
Tyttocharax cochui
Blood Red Tetra
Brittanichthys axelrodi
Broken-Line Tetra
Hemigrammus ulreyi
Bucktooth Tetra
Exodon paradoxus
Chocolate Neon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon vilmae
Coffee-bean Tetra
Hyphessobrycon takasei
January Tetra
Hemigrammus hyanuary
Crystal Red Tetra
Hyphessobrycon haraldschultzi
Crystalline Rosy Tetra
Hyphessobrycon epicharis
Eilyos Tetra
Hyphessobrycon eilyos
Exclamation Mark Tetra
Bryconella pallidifrons
Neon Tetra
Paracheirodon innesi
Cardinal Tetra
Paracheirodon axelrodi
Green Neon Tetra
Paracheirodon simulans
Rummy Nose Tetra
Hemigrammus rhodostomus
Ember Tetra
Hyphessobrycon amandae
Emperor Tetra
Nematobrycon palmeri
Serpae Tetra
Hyphessobrycon eques
Buenos Aires Tetra
Hyphessobrycon anisitsi
Red Eye Tetra
Bario sanctaefilomenae
Bleeding Heart Tetra
Megalamphodus erythrostigma
Costae Tetra
Moenkhausia costae
Black Arrow Tetra
Inpaichthys sp. "Black Arrow"
Lemon Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
Black Phantom Tetra
Hyphessobrycon megalopterus
Blueberry Tetra
Hyphessobrycon wadai
Toucan Tetra
Tucanoichthys tucano
Bandtail Tetra
Moenkhausia dichroura
Reed Tetra
Hyphessobrycon elachys
Barber's Tetra
Mimagoniates barberi
Silver Hatchetfish
Thoracocharax stellatus
Bloodfin Tetra
Aphyocharax anisitsi
Kennedy's Tetra
Ctenobrycon kennedyi
Krieg's Mini Tetra
Serrapinnus kriegi
Marbled Hatchetfish
Carnegiella strigata
Dawn Tetra
Aphyocharax paraguayensis
Fire Ant Tetra
Hyphessobrycon myrmex
Green Fire Tetra
Aphyocharax rathbuni
Flag Tetra
Hyphessobrycon heterorhabdus
Flame Tetra
Hyphessobrycon flammeus
Flameback Bleeding Heart Tetra
Hyphessobrycon pyrrhonotus
Gold Shoulder Rosy Tetra
Hyphessobrycon paepkei
Gold Tetra
Hemigrammus rodwayi
Golden Tetra
Hyphessobrycon moniliger
Head and Tail Light Tetra
Holopristis ocellifera