Editing Hyphessobrycon (section)

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| image2 = 05.Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi.JPG
| image2_caption = ''[[Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi]]''
| taxon = Hyphessobrycon
| authority = [[Marion Durbin Ellis|Durbin]], 1908
| type_species = ''[[Hyphessobrycon compressus]]''
| type_species_authority = Meek, 1904
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = over 150, see text
| synonyms = ''Dermatocheir'' <small>Durbin, 1909</small><br />
''Megalamphodus'' <small>Eigenmann, 1915</small><br />
''Pseudopristella'' <small>Géry, 1960</small>
}}

'''''Hyphessobrycon''''' is a [[genus]] of [[freshwater fish]] in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Characidae]]. These [[species]] are among the fishes known as [[tetra]]s. The genus is distributed in the [[Neotropical realm]] from southern [[Mexico]] to [[Río de la Plata]] in [[Argentina]]. Many of these species are native to [[South America]]; about six species are from [[Central America]] and a single species, ''[[Hyphessobrycon compressus|H. compressus]]'' is from southern Mexico.<ref name=FB>{{FishBase_genus | genus = Hyphessobrycon | month = June | year = 2017 }}</ref>

All small fishes, the ''Hyphessobrycon'' tetras reach maximum overall lengths of about {{cvt|1.7|-|9.6|cm|in|1}}.<ref name=FB/> Great anatomical diversity exists in this genus.<ref name=Lucena2003>{{cite journal|author=Lucena, C.A.S.d. |year=2003|url=http://www.scielo.br/pdf/ni/v1n2/v1n2a03.pdf |title=New characid fish, ''Hyphessobrycon scutulatus'', from the rio Teles Pires drainage, upper rio Tapajós system (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae)|journal=Neotropical Ichthyology|volume= 1 |issue=2|pages= 93–96|doi=10.1590/S1679-62252003000200003 }}</ref> They are generally of typical characin shape, but vary greatly in coloration and body form, many species having distinctive black, red, or yellow markings on their bodies and fins. These species are generally [[omnivorous]], feeding predominantly on small [[crustacean]]s, [[insect]]s, [[annelid]] worms, and [[zooplankton]]. When spawning, they scatter their eggs and guard neither eggs nor young.