Biology:Elachocharax
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Elachocharax G. S. Myers, 1927 |
Elachocharax is a genus of small fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Elachocharax geryi S. H. Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978
- Elachocharax junki (Géry, 1971)
- Elachocharax mitopterus S. H. Weitzman, 1986[2]
- Elachocharax pulcher G. S. Myers, 1927
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Elachocharax in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ↑ A new species of Elachocharax (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Rio Negro Region of Venezuela and Brazil by Stanley H. Weitzman Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:729-747(1986)i. 99. 1986. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/107581#page/770/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q988631 entry
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