''Copella carsevennensis'' is a species of fish in the splashing tetra family found in the upper

Amazon basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...

, in the coastal tributaries and rivers of

Amapá Amapá (; ) is one of the 26 federative units of Brazil, states of Brazil. It is in the North Region, Brazil, North Region of Brazil. It is Federative units of Brazil#List, the second-least populous state and the eighteenth-largest state by area ...

and

The Guianas The Guianas, also spelled Guyanas or Guayanas, are a geographical region in north-eastern South America. Strictly, the term refers to the three Guianas: Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana, formerly British, Dutch, and French Guiana respectiv ...

. They grow no more than a few centimeters in length and typically congregate near the surface of clear-water creeks and streams. They feed on

mayfly Mayflies (also known as shadflies or fishflies in Canada and the upper Midwestern United States, as Canadian soldiers in the American Great Lakes region, and as up-winged flies in the United Kingdom) are aquatic insects belonging to the orde ...

larvae and ants. They spawn their eggs onto sunken leaves that the male guards.

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Tetras of Brazil Fish of Guyana Fish of Suriname Fish of French Guiana Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan Fish described in 1912 Lebiasinidae {{Characiformes-stub