''Leptobrycon'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family

Characidae Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their st ...

. It contains only the single species ''Leptobrycon jatuaranae'', which is endemic to Brazil, where it occurs in the

Amazon River The Amazon River (, ; es, Río Amazonas, pt, Rio Amazonas) in South America is the largest river by discharge volume of water in the world, and the disputed longest river system in the world in comparison to the Nile. The headwaters of t ...

basin. The name Leptobrycon is derived from Greek words leptos (thin) and bryko (to bite)

References

* Scissorini Monotypic ray-finned fish genera Characiformes genera Freshwater fish of Brazil Endemic fish of Brazil Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Fish described in 1915 {{Characidae-stub