Protocheirodon
Genus of fishes
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Protocheirodon is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae.[3] The only species in the genus is Protocheirodon pi, a characin found in Amazonas-Solimões, Purus, Madeira and Ucayali rivers.[2]
| Protocheirodon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Cheirodontinae |
| Genus: | Protocheirodon Vari, B. F. Melo & C. de Oliveira, 2016 [2] |
| Species: | P. pi |
| Binomial name | |
| Protocheirodon pi (Vari, 1978)[3] | |
| Synonyms[4] | |
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Leptagoniates pi Vari, 1978 | |
