Added test to reproduce issue #16583

Author: frexvahi

pandas/tests/io/test_pytables.py

@@ -5191,6 +5191,14 @@ def test_query_compare_column_type(self):
                         expected = df.loc[[], :]
                     tm.assert_frame_equal(expected, result)
 
+    def test_read_hdf_series_fixed(self):
+        # GH 16583
+        series = pd.Series([1, 2, 3])
+        with ensure_clean_path(self.path) as path:
+            series.to_hdf(path, key='data', format='fixed')
+            result = pd.read_hdf(path, key='data', mode='r')
+        tm.assert_series_equal(result, series)
+
     @pytest.mark.skipif(sys.version_info < (3, 6), reason="Need python 3.6")
     def test_fspath(self):
         with tm.ensure_clean('foo.h5') as path: