Biology:Priocharax nanus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Priocharax nanus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Priocharax |
| Species: | P. nanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Priocharax nanus (Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014)
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Priocharax nanus is a minute species of fish native to the Rio Negro, Brazil . The species, which has a skeleton of cartilage, is almost completely transparent.[1][2] It grows to a maximum length of 15.6 millimeters.[3]
References
Notes
- ↑ "New Species of Miniature Fish Discovered in Rio Negro". July 8, 2014. http://www.sci-news.com/biology/science-diminutive-species-fish-rio-negro-02048.html. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "New miniature fish discovered". 1 July 2014. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2014/july/new-miniature-fish-discovered131772.html. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ↑ "New Miniature Fish Discovered". 4 July 2014. http://fishkeeper.co.uk/news/new-miniature-fish-discovered. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Further reading
- Toledo-Piza, Mônica; Mattox, George M. T.; Britz, Ralf (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 (Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia) 12 (2): 229–246. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130171. http://www.ufrgs.br/ni/niv12n02/02%20p229-246.pdf. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Wikidata ☰ Q18011360 entry
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