''Monotocheirodon'' is a

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characin Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, more than 2000 different species are described, including the well-known piranha and tetras.; Buckup P.A.: "Relationshi ...

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. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''

Monotocheirodon drilos ''Monotocheirodon'' is a genus of characins native to tropical South America. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * '' Monotocheirodon drilos'' Menezes, S. H. Weitzman & Quagio-Grassioto, 2013Menezes, N.A., Weitzman, S.H. & Q ...

Menezes Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de Me ...

, S. H. Weitzman & Quagio-Grassioto, 2013Menezes, N.A., Weitzman, S.H. & Quagio-Grassiotto, I. (2013)
Two new species and a review of the inseminating freshwater fish genus ''Monotocheirodon'' (Characiformes: Characidae) from Peru and Bolivia.
''Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia (São Paulo), 53 (10): 129-144.'' * ''

Monotocheirodon kontos ''Monotocheirodon'' is a genus of characins native to tropical South America. The currently recognized species in this genus are: * ''Monotocheirodon drilos'' Naércio Aquino de Menezes, Menezes, Stanley Howard Weitzman, S. H. Weitzman & Irani ...

'' Menezes, S. H. Weitzman & Quagio-Grassioto, 2013 * ''

Monotocheirodon pearsoni ''Monotocheirodon pearsoni'' is a species of characin endemic to Bolivia , image_flag = Bandera de Bolivia (Estado).svg , flag_alt = Horizontal tricolor (red, yellow, and green from top to bottom) with the coat ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1924

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Characidae {{Characiformes-stub