Elachocharax is a genus of small fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Crenuchidae |
Genus: | Elachocharax G. S. Myers, 1927 |
Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Elachocharax geryi S. H. Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978
- Elachocharax junki (Géry, 1971)
- Elachocharax mitopterus S. H. Weitzman, 1986[2]
- Elachocharax pulcher G. S. Myers, 1927
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Elachocharax". FishBase. October 2012 version.
- ^ A new species of Elachocharax (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Rio Negro Region of Venezuela and Brazil by Stanley H. Weitzman Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:729-747(1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.