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Axelrodia

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Axelrodia
Colour photograph of Firefly Tetra (Axelrodia species)
Firefly Tetra (Axelrodia species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Aphyoditeinae
Genus: Axelrodia
Géry, 1965

Axelrodia is a genus of small characin from the Amazon Basin and Meta River in South America, with three currently described species:

The genus was named for Herbert R. Axelrod, publisher of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine.[1]

References

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  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Axelrodia". FishBase. October 2011 version.
  1. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STEVARDIINAE + Incertae sedis". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 27 March 2021.