Priocharax

Priocharax
Scientific classification Edit this 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

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Priocharax". FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "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".


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