Priocharax is a genus of characins, very small freshwater fish from the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae |
| Genus: | Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 |
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Species
editThere are currently three recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax pygmaeus S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax nanus Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Priocharax". FishBase. August 2019 version.
- ^ a b Toledo-Piza, M., Mattox, G.M.T. & Britz, R. (2014): Priocharax nanus, a new miniature Characid from the Rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 229-246.
- ^ "Two new species and a new genus of miniature Characid Fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) from Northern South America by Stanley H. Weitzman and Richard P. Vari Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:640-652 (1987)i".
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