Priocharax
Sign in to savePriocharax is a genus of very small freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae (American characins). The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.
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GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderCharaciformes
- FamilyCharacidae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 18
- Family
- Characidae
- Collections
- USNM, AUM, UF, INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZÔNIA (INPA), ANSP, MPEG
- Recorded in
- Venezuela, Peru, Brazil, Brasil
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Priocharax is a genus of very small freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae (American characins). The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.
==Species== There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus: Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 Priocharax britzi Mattox, Souza, Toledo-Piza & Oliveira, 2021 Priocharax conwayi Mattox, F. C. T. Lima, Britz, Souza & Oliveira, 2024 Priocharax marupiara Mattox, Britz, Souza, Casas, F. C. T. Lima & Oliveira, 2023 Priocharax nanus Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014 Priocharax phasma Mattox, F. C. T. Lima, Britz, Souza & Oliveira, 2024 Priocharax piagassu Silva Lopez, Souza, Reia, Mantuaneli, Morales, F. C. T. Lima, Oliveira & Mattox, 2025 Priocharax pygmaeus S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 Priocharax rex Mattox, Acosta-Santos, Bogotá-Gregory, Agudelo, F. C. T. Lima, 2025 Priocharax robbiei Silva Lopez, Souza, Reia, Mantuaneli, Morales, F. C. T. Lima, Oliveira & Mattox, 2025 Priocharax toledopizae Mattox, Britz, Souza, Casas, F. C. T. Lima & Oliveira, 2023 Priocharax varii Mattox, Souza, Toledo-Piza, Britz & Oliveira, 2020
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