Trochilocharax
Species of fish
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Trochilocharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae.[4] The only species in the genus is Trochilocharax ornatus, the hummingbird tetra, and this genus is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Trochilocharacinae.[2] This species is known only from Peru, the holotypes being imported to Germany from Peru, near Iquitos.[1] This species has a maximum standard length of 1.7 cm (0.67 in).[5]
| Trochilocharax | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Trochilocharacinae Melo, Mattox & Oliveira, 2024[2] |
| Genus: | Trochilocharax Zarske, 2010[3] |
| Species: | T. ornatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Trochilocharax ornatus Zarske, 2010[4] | |
