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Parapristella
Sign in to saveParapristella is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in northern South America.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCharacidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations3
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 8
- Family
- Characidae
- Collections
- AUM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), INHS, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Brasil, Peru
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Parapristella is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in northern South America.
==Species== Parapristella contains the following valid species: Parapristella aubynei (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909) Parapristella georgiae Géry, 1964
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