Parecbasis
Genus of fishes
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Parecbasis is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[2] It contains the single species Parecbasis cyclolepis, found in the Western Amazon Basin in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia and Peru.[1]
| Parecbasis | |
|---|---|
| An illustration of Parecbasis cyclolepis | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Hyphessobryconinae |
| Genus: | Parecbasis C. H. Eigenmann, 1914[2] |
| Species: | P. cyclolepis |
| Binomial name | |
| Parecbasis cyclolepis C. H. Eigenmann, 1914[3] | |