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Poecilocharax
Sign in to savePoecilocharax is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus. It is one of two genera within the subfamily Crenuchinae.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCrenuchidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 35
- With media
- 1
- Family
- Crenuchidae
- Collections
- UMMZ, USNM, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, CAS, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Guyana, Brazil, Brasil, Venezuela, Uruguay
Wikidata facts
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Characidae
- Image
- Crenuchidae Poeciliocharax weitzmani.jpg
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Poecilocharax is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus. It is one of two genera within the subfamily Crenuchinae.
==Species== Poecilocharax bovalii C. H. Eigenmann, 1909 Poecilocharax callipterus Ohara, Pastana & Camelier, 2022 Poecilocharax rhizophilus Ohara, Pastana & Camelier, 2022 Poecilocharax weitzmani Géry, 1965
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