Editing Neon tetra (section)

==Economics==
The neon tetra was first imported from [[South America]] and was described by renowned ichthyologist [[George S. Myers]] in 1936, and named after [[William T. Innes]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://petcentral.chewy.com/cardinal-and-neon-tetras/
|title=Cardinal And Neon Tetras
|website=Pet Central|date=22 July 2014
}}</ref> ''P. innesi'' is one of the most popular [[aquarium]] fish, with about 2 million sold in the US each month.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fishkeepingworld.com/neon-tetra/
|title=Neon Tetra Complete Care Guide 2020
|website=Fishkeeping World|date=24 January 2022
}}</ref> Most neon tetras available in the United States are imported from Southeast Asia, where they are farm-raised, or to a lesser extent from [[Colombia]], [[Peru]], and [[Brazil]], where they are collected from the wild.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://afspubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1577/1548-8640%281998%29060%3C0032%3ACSOTNT%3E2.0.CO%3B2
|title=Controlled Spawning of the Neon Tetra
|journal=The Progressive Fish-Culturist|year=1998
|volume=60
|page=32
|doi=10.1577/1548-8640(1998)060<0032:CSOTNT>2.0.CO;2
|issn=1548-8640
|last1=Chapman
|first1=Frank A.
|last2=Colle
|first2=Douglas E.
|last3=Rottmann
|first3=Roger W.
|last4=Shireman
|first4=Jerome V.
}}</ref> During a single month, an average of 1.8 million neon tetras with an estimated value of $175,000 are imported into the United States for the aquarium trade.<ref name="chapman1997">{{cite journal|last=Chapman|first=F. A.|year=1997|title=United States of America trade in ornamental fish|journal=Journal of the World Aquaculture Society|volume=28|issue=1 |pages=1‒10|doi=10.1111/j.1749-7345.1997.tb00955.x|bibcode=1997JWAS...28....1C |display-authors=etal}}</ref>  With the exception of home aquarists and a few commercial farms that breed neon tetras experimentally, captive breeding on a commercial scale is nonexistent in the USA.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://news.ufl.edu/archive/2001/01/uf-scientists-figure-out-how-to-breed-neon-tetras-profitably.html
|title=UF Scientists Figure Out How To Breed Neon Tetras Profitably
|website=University of Florida}}</ref>