Aphyocharax
| Aphyocharax | |
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| Aphyocharax anisitsi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Aphyocharacinae |
| Genus: | Aphyocharax Günther, 1868[1] |
| Type species | |
| Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Aphyocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are from South America, specifically the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraguay and Paraná basins.
Species
[edit]Aphyocharax contains the following valid species:[2]
- Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Aphyocharax anisitsi C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 (bloodfin tetra)
- Aphyocharax avary Fowler, 1913
- Aphyocharax brevicaudatus Brito, Guimarães, Carvalho-Costa & Ottoni, 2019
- Aphyocharax colifax Taphorn & Thomerson, 1991
- Aphyocharax dentatus C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
- Aphyocharax erythrurus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (flame tail tetra)
- Aphyocharax gracilis Fowler, 1940
- Aphyocharax nattereri (Steindachner, 1882) (dawn tetra)
- Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868
- Aphyocharax rathbuni C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 (redflank bloodfin)
- Aphyocharax yekwanae Willink, Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2003
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Aphyocharacinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aphyocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
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