Biology:Priocharax
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Characiformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Characidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Characinae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 |
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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]
- Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax pygmaeus S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax nanus Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Priocharax in FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 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". https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34570564#page/666/mode/1up.
Wikidata ☰ Q3759284 entry
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