Tucanoichthys
Species of fish
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Tucanoichthys is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[2] The only species in the genus is Tucanoichthys tucano, a characin which is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Uaupés River.[3]
| Tucanoichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Tyttobryconinae |
| Genus: | Tucanoichthys Géry & U. Römer, 1997[2] |
| Species: | T. tucano |
| Binomial name | |
| Tucanoichthys tucano Géry & U. Römer, 1997[3] | |
