Red phantom tetra
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The red phantom tetra stands out among aquatic plants.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Red phantom tetra
- Scientific name
- Hyphessobrycon sweglesi
- Japanese name
- レッドファントムテトラ
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Characidae
- Genus
- Hyphessobrycon
Basic data
- Range
- Colombia
Where the Red phantom tetra has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- レッドファントムテトラ
- 简体中文
- 史氏魮脂鲤
- 繁體中文
- 史氏魮脂鯉
- Español
- Tetra Fantasma Rojo
- Français
- Tétra fantôme rouge
- Deutsch
- Roter Phantomsalmler
- Português (Brasil)
- Tetra-de-Swegles
- Italiano
- Tetra fantasma rosso
- Русский
- Красный фантом
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — レッドファントムテトラChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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