Hasemania nana (Lütken, 1875)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The silvertip tetra (Hasemania nana) is a species of ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This species is an omnivore which is restricted to streams and creeks in the São Francisco basin in Brazil, but is frequently kept in aquariums.
Wikipedia contributors, Silvertip tetra; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T22:44:52.820228+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hasemania nana (Lütken, 1875)
- Name authority
- (Lütken, 1875)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Acestrorhamphidae
- Genus
- Hasemania
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderCharaciformes
- suborderCharacoidei
- familyAcestrorhamphidae Eigenmann, 1907
- subfamilyStichonodontinae Eigenmann, 1910
- genusHasemania Ellis, 1911
- speciesHasemania nana (Lütken, 1875)
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hasemania. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry, 1999 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania hanseni (Fowler, 1949) | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania nambiquara Bertaco & Malabarba, 2007 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania piatan Zanata & Serra, 2010 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania maxillaris Ellis, 1911 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania melanura Ellis, 1911 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hasemania uberaba Serra & Langeani, 2015 | AcestrorhamphidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hasemania marginata Meinken, 1938 Meinken, 1938 | synonym |
| Hemigrammus nanus (Lütken, 1875) (Lütken, 1875) | synonym |
| Tetragonopterus nanus Lütken, 1875 Lütken, 1875 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1014996 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3JVKZ. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.