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Red Eye Tetra - (10 Pack) 1-2" Unsexed. Remarks : Red Eye Tetras are a robust species of tetra that can handle being kept with large, South American cichlids like Geophagus , Severums, and Satanoperca . The scientific name for the red eye tetra used to be Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae . However, it was reclassified as Bario sanctaefilomenae after the completion of an intensive phylogenic study on species in the family Characidae. Many other species were reclassified as well as a result of this study which can be read here: https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article-abstract/202/1/zlae101/7748269 The following article also provides a good breakdown of the results of the study and does not have a paywall: https://aquainfo.org/the-end-of-the-characidae-family-as-we-know-it/ Scientific Name : Bario sanctaefilomenae Common Name : Red. Source: Imperial Tropicals live fish catalogue. Please confirm current availability, size, price, delivery and collection terms with the seller.