Priocharax

Priocharax is a genus of characins, very small freshwater fish from the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.^[1][2][3]

Priocharax
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
Species
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Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus:^[1][2]

• Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
• Priocharax pygmaeus S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
• Priocharax nanus Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz, 2014

References

1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Priocharax". FishBase. August 2019 version.
2. Toledo-Piza, M., Mattox, G.M.T. & Britz, R. (2014): Priocharax nanus, a new miniature Characid from the Rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 229-246.
3. "Two new species and a new genus of miniature Characid Fishes (Teleostei: Characiformes) from Northern South America by Stanley H. Weitzman and Richard P. Vari Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 100:640-652 (1987)i".