''Nematobrycon'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nom ...
of
characins
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to the
Atrato and
San Juan River basins in western
Colombia. The two described species in this genus are very popular
aquarium fish.
Species
* ''
Nematobrycon lacortei''
S. H. Weitzman & W. L. Fink, 1971 (rainbow tetra)
* ''
Nematobrycon palmeri''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 (emperor tetra)
References
*
Rhoadsiini
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Endemic fauna of Colombia
Freshwater fish of Colombia
Characiformes genera
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