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Mourning tetra

Brycon pesu Müller & Troschel, 1845

Status not recordedbony fish

The mourning tetra (Brycon pesu) is a species in the family Bryconidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the mourning tetra

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the mourning tetra live?

Not recorded

Is the mourning tetra endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the mourning tetra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyBryconidae
  6. genusBrycon
  7. SpeciesBrycon pesu Müller & Troschel, 1845

Synonyms Holobrycon pesu

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • brykon guyanskýCzech
  • BeiradeiraPortuguese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mourning tetra

Other species in the same genus Brycon.

Nipon

Brycon falcatus

BryconidaeNo free photo yet

CompareMourning tetra vs Elegant BryconMourning tetra vs Salmon BryconMourning tetra vs Slender BryconMourning tetra vs Nipon

Common questions

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What kind of animal is the mourning tetra?

The mourning tetra (Brycon pesu) belongs to the family Bryconidae in the order Characiformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Mourning tetra (Brycon pesu). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mourning-tetra

MLA

“Mourning tetra (Brycon pesu).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mourning-tetra.

BibTeX
@misc{mourning_tetra_2026,
  title = {Mourning tetra (Brycon pesu)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mourning-tetra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}