Lemon tetra
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An illustration based on the real animal.
A little discovery to share.
The lemon tetra eats both animals such as crustaceans and plant matter.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Lemon tetra
- Scientific name
- Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis
- Japanese name
- レモンテトラ
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Characidae
- Genus
- Hyphessobrycon
Basic data
- Range
- Amazon River
Where the Lemon 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
- レモンテトラ
- 简体中文
- 丽鳍鲃脂鲤
- 繁體中文
- 麗鰭魮脂鯉
- Español
- Tetra Limón
- Français
- Tétra citron
- Deutsch
- Zitronensalmler
- Português (Brasil)
- Tetra-limão
- العربية
- تترا ليمونية
- Русский
- Лимонная тетра
- Türkçe
- Limon Tetra
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 — レモンテトラChecked: 2026-11-04
- FishBase — Hyphessobrycon pulchripinnis — Lemon tetraChecked: 2026-11-07
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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