Priocharax
Genus of fishes
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Priocharax is a genus of very small freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae (American characins).[1] The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.[2][3]
| Priocharax | |
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| Priocharax conwayi | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Tyttobryconinae |
| Genus: | Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987[1] |
| Type species | |
| Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987[1] | |
| Species | |
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Species
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[4][5]
- Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax britzi Mattox, Souza, Toledo-Piza & Oliveira, 2021
- Priocharax conwayi Mattox, F. C. T. Lima, Britz, Souza & Oliveira, 2024[5]
- Priocharax marupiara Mattox, Britz, Souza, Casas, F. C. T. Lima & Oliveira, 2023
- Priocharax nanus Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014[6]
- Priocharax phasma Mattox, F. C. T. Lima, Britz, Souza & Oliveira, 2024[5]
- Priocharax piagassu Silva Lopez, Souza, Reia, Mantuaneli, Morales, F. C. T. Lima, Oliveira & Mattox, 2025[7]
- Priocharax pygmaeus S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Priocharax rex Mattox, Acosta-Santos, Bogotá-Gregory, Agudelo, F. C. T. Lima, 2025
- Priocharax robbiei Silva Lopez, Souza, Reia, Mantuaneli, Morales, F. C. T. Lima, Oliveira & Mattox, 2025
- Priocharax toledopizae Mattox, Britz, Souza, Casas, F. C. T. Lima & Oliveira, 2023
- Priocharax varii Mattox, Souza, Toledo-Piza, Britz & Oliveira, 2020
