Black tetra: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the black tetra lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Gymnocorymbus ternetzi
Group	Bony fish
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Characiformes
Family	Characidae

Where does the black tetra live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the black tetra in 1 country or territory across South America.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

What kind of animal is the black tetra?

The black tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi) is a ray-finned fish in the order Characiformes and the family Characidae, genus Gymnocorymbus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the black tetra

The black tetra (Gymnocorymbus ternetzi), also known as the petticoat tetra, high-fin black skirt tetra, black skirt tetra, black widow tetra and blackamoor, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.

It is native to the Paraguay River basin of south-central Brazil (mainly Pantanal region), Paraguay and northeast Argentina, but there are also populations in the upper Paraná and Paraíba do Sul Rivers that likely were introduced. It was formerly reported from the Guapore River, but this population is part of G. flaviolimai, which is found throughout the Madeira River basin and was described in 2015. The black tetra is often kept in aquariums.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Black tetra (revision 1358361719), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q519849 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).