''Fluviphylax'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...

of tiny

poeciliid The Poeciliidae are a family of freshwater fishes of the order Cyprinodontiformes, the tooth-carps, and include well-known live-bearing aquarium fish, such as the guppy, molly, platy, and swordtail. The original distribution of the family was t ...

s native to the

Amazon Basin The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...

Orinoco Basin The Orinoco Basin is the part of South America drained by the Orinoco river and its tributaries. The Orinoco watershed covers an area of about 990000 km2, making it the third largest in South America, covering most of Venezuela and eastern p ...

, and

Oyapock The Oyapock or Oiapoque (; ; ) is a long river in South America that forms most of the border between the French overseas department of French Guiana and the Brazilian state of Amapá. Course The Oyapock runs through the Guianan moist fores ...

Basin in

South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...

Species

Five recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Fluviphylax obscurus'' W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996 * ''

Fluviphylax palikur ''Fluviphylax'' is a genus of tiny poeciliids native to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin, and Oyapock Basin in South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a r ...

'' W. J. E. M. Costa & Le Bail, 1999 * ''

Fluviphylax pygmaeus ''Fluviphylax'' is a genus of tiny poeciliids native to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin, and Oyapock Basin in South America. Species Five recognized species are placed in this genus: * '' Fluviphylax obscurus'' W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996 * ''Fluvi ...

'' ( G. S. Myers & J. de P. Carvalho, 1955) * '' Fluviphylax simplex'' W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996 * '' Fluviphylax zonatus'' W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996

References

Poeciliidae Freshwater fish genera Fish of the Amazon basin Ray-finned fish genera Taxa named by Gilbert Percy Whitley {{Cyprinodontiformes-stub