| Axelrodia | |
|---|---|
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| Firefly Tetra (Axelrodia species) | |
Scientific 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:
- Axelrodia lindeae Géry, 1973
- Axelrodia riesei Géry, 1966 (ruby tetra)
- Axelrodia stigmatias (Fowler, 1913)
The genus was named for Herbert R. Axelrod, publisher of Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Axelrodia in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ 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.
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