Priocharax
Priocharax | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Subfamily: | Characinae |
Genus: | Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 |
Species | |
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Priocharax is a genus of characins, very small freshwater fish from the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.[1][2][3]
Species
[edit]There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax pygmaeus S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax nanus Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Priocharax in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ a b Toledo-Piza, M., Mattox, G.M.T. & Britz, R. (2014): Priocharax nanus, a new miniature Characid from the Rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 229-246.
- ^ "Two new species and a new genus of miniature Characid Fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) from Northern South America by Stanley H. Weitzman and Richard P. Vari Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:640-652 (1987)i".