Psalidodon fasciatus

Psalidodon fasciatus, commonly known as the banded astyanax, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is widespread in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina.^[3] It grows up to 17.1 cm (6.7 in) in length.^[4] Formerly thought to be closely related to the Mexican tetra, it is now in the same genus as the Buenos Aires tetra.^[5]

Phylum:Chordata

Class:Actinopterygii

Order:Characiformes

Family:Acestrorhamphidae

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Psalidodon fasciatus
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Genus:	Psalidodon
Species:	P. fasciatus
Binomial name
Psalidodon fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)[2]
Synonyms[2]
Chalceus fasciatus Cuvier, 1819 Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) Tetragonopterus viejita Valenciennes, 1850 Astyanax carolinae Gill, 1870 Tetragonopterus cuvieri Lütken, 1875 Astyanax heterurus C. H. Eigenmann & C. E. Wilson, 1914 Astyanax hanstroemi Dahl, 1943 Astyanax fasciatus orteguasae Fowler, 1943

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It is the target species of the scale-eating Deuterodon heterostomus which is a close mimic.^[6]