Oligobrycon
Species of fish
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Oligoobrycon 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 Oligobrycon microstomus, a species of which is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the upper middle Paraíba do Sul 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] This fish has not been recorded since the holotype and paratype were collected in 1915.[1]
| Oligobrycon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Oligobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[2] |
| Species: | O. microstomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Oligobrycon microstomus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[2] | |
