Coptobrycon

Coptobrycon is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The only species on this genus is Coptobrycon bilineatus, a species which is endemic to Brazil, where it is known to occur in the upper Tietê River basin and in coastal basins that drain the Serra do Mar near the municipalities of Mogi das Cruzes and Bertioga in São Paulo state. It is found in clearwater with abundant aquatic vegetation and submerged tree trunks where it lives in shoals. Its diet is mainly plant matter with some animals eaten too. It appears that this fish may spawn thorought the year.^[1] C. bilineatus has a maximum total length of 4.1 cm (1.6 in).^[4]

Coptobrycon
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily:	Stygichthyinae
Genus:	Coptobrycon Géry, 1966[2]
Species:	C. bilineatus
Binomial name
Coptobrycon bilineatus (Ellis, 1911)[3]
Synonyms[3]
Hasemania bilineata Ellis, 1911