Gymnocorymbus
Genus of fishes
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Gymnocorymbus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon, Paraguay, Orinoco, Courantyne, Gurupí and Parnaíba river basins in South America.[2][3] These tetras are popular in the aquarium trade.
| Gymnocorymbus | |
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| Gymnocorymbus ternetzi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pristellinae |
| Genus: | Gymnocorymbus C. H. Eigenmann, 1908[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gymnocorymbus thayeri C. H. Eigenmann, 1908[1] | |
Species
Gymnocorymbuscontains the followjng valid species:[4]
- Gymnocorymbus bondi (Fowler, 1911)
- Gymnocorymbus flaviolimai Benine, B. F. de Melo, R. M. C. Castro & C. de Oliveira, 2015[2]
- Gymnocorymbus ternetzi (Boulenger, 1895) (Black tetra)
- Gymnocorymbus thayeri C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 (False black tetra)
