Varicharax
| Varicharax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
| Genus: | Varicharax Vanegas-Ríos, Faustino-Fuster, Meza-Vargas & Ortega, 2020[1] |
| Species: | V. nigrolineatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Varicharax nigrolineatus Vanegas-Ríos, Faustino-Fuster, Meza-Vargas & Ortega, 2020[1] | |
Varicharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The only species in this genus is Varicharax nigrolineatus, a characin, which is endemic to Peru where it is found in the Río Corrientes drainage, part of the Río Marañón basin in Loreto, Peru.[2]
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Varicharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.