Mixobrycon
Species of fish
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Mixobrycon is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the suborder Characoidei within the order Characiformes, the characins. The only species in the genus is Mixobrycon ribeiroi , a species endemic to Paraguay, where it is found in the Paraguay River basin. This taxon has not been assigned to a particular family within the Characoidei and is considered to be incertae sedis, i.e. its taxonomic affinities are, as yet, unclear.[2]
| Mixobrycon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Mixobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 |
| Species: | M. ribeiroi |
| Binomial name | |
| Mixobrycon ribeiroi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Named in honor of Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939) a Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist.[3]
