Hyphessobrycon brumado - silvertip tetra lookalike
451 views · Published 4 October 2013 · 1:01 · Indexed 28 September 2026
Channel: Emilia Murray · 2013 · Pets & Animals
I purchased 3 supposed silvertip tetras to add to my existing shoal of 6, however they turned out to be Hyphessobrycon brumado - a recently described tetra species from a different area of Brazil that happens to look very similar, despite belonging to a different genus. True silvertip tetras lack the adipose fin, which they quickest way to tell the difference. The camera shakily follows a male H.brumado, there are real silvertip tetras in the background. The water is cloudy because I had recently disturbed the soil under the sand substrate when planting.
