Hyphessobrycon copelandi is a species of South American tetra, belonging to the family Characidae.

Hyphessobrycon copelandi is known to live in the Solimões, Mana, and Approuague River Basins.

It is most often found in slow moving waters or areas in creeks with a counter current.

They have seen limited use in the fish trade, even having a common name in German, federsalmler, which translates to "feather tetra".

The fish is named in memory of Herbert Copeland, a Boston volunteer on the 1865–1866 Thayer Expedition to Brazil, during which the type specien was collected.