Pristella

Pristella is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. It was formerly a monotypic taxon only containing Pristella maxillaris, but in 2019 a second species, Pristella ariporo, was described.^[2]

Pristella
Pristella maxillaris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily:	Pristellinae
Genus:	Pristella C. H. Eigenmann, 1908[1]
Type species
Holopristes riddlei Meek, 1907[1]
Species
3, see text

Taxonomy

Until 2019, Pristella was a monotypic genus, but P. ariporo was described in 2019. Additionally, Hyphessobrycon axelrodi may belong in Pristella due to its conical teeth, but further genetic studies are needed to confirm this.^[2]

Species

Pristella contains the following valid species:^[2][3][4]

• Pristella ariporo Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Villa-Navarro, Mirande & F. C. T. Lima, 2019

• Pristella crinogi F. C. T. Lima, Caires, Conde-Saldaña, Mirande & F. R. Carvalho, 2021^[5]
• Pristella maxillaris (Ulrey, 1894)