Aphyocharax avary
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| Aphyocharax avary | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Aphyocharax |
| Species: | A. avary |
| Binomial name | |
| Aphyocharax avary Fowler, 1913 | |
Aphyocharax avary is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a characin, belonging to the family Characidae. This fish is endemic to Brazil.
Aphyocharax avary was first formally described in 1913 by the American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler from a holotype collected in September 1913 by Edgar A. Smith from the Madeira River, around 320 km (200 mi) east of 62°20'W. The type locality is situated between Novo Aripuanã and Borba in the lower Madeira River Basin.[2][3] This species is classified in the genus Aphyocharax, and has been regarded as a synonym of A. alburnus, a taxon which is now regarded as a synonym of the type species of Aphyocharax, A. pusillus.[4][2] The genus Aphyocharax belongs to the subfamily Aphyocharacinae, the glass characins, which is part of the family Characidae within the suborder Characoidei of the order Characiformes.[5]
Etymology
Aphyocharax avary is the type species of the genus Aphyocharax. This name prefixes aphyo, derived from the Greek aphýē, which means "small fry" , referring to the small size of A. pusillus, onto the genus name Charax. Charax means the pointed stake of a palisade, an allusion to the densely set sharp teeth, and is commonly used as a root for characin genera. The specific name, avary, is a local name for this species.[6]