Astyanax tarpon
Species of fish
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Astyanax tarpon is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in the upper Rio Cauca. It is sometimes allocated to the monospecific genus Genycharax.
| Astyanax tarpon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Genus: | Astyanax |
| Species: | A. tarpon |
| Binomial name | |
| Astyanax tarpon (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Genycharax tarpon Eigenmann, 1912 | |
