''Poecilocharax'' is a genus of South American darters in the family

Crenuchidae The Crenuchidae, South American darters, are a family of freshwater fish of the order Characiformes. The 12 genera include about 74 species, though several species are undescribed. These fish are relatively small (usually under in standard len ...

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and Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus.

Species

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Poecilocharax bovaliorum ''Poecilocharax'' is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon Basin, Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro River, Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus. Species * ''Poecilocharax bovali ...

'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1909 * ''

Poecilocharax callipterus ''Poecilocharax callipterus'' is a species of fish named after its elongated dorsal fins and anal fins. ''P. callipterus'' is the first species of crenuchinae discovered after a gap of 57 years.. '' Poecilocharax rhizophilus'' was also discover ...

'' Ohara, Pastana & Camelier, 2022Willian M Ohara, Murilo Pastana, Priscila Camelier, The monophyly of Crenuchinae and description of two new species of Poecilocharax (Teleostei: Crenuchidae) based on phenotypic and genotypic evidence, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2022;, zlac026, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac026 * ''

Poecilocharax rhizophilus ''Poecilocharax rhizophilus'' is a species of fish discovered alongside ''Poecilocharax callipterus''. Description ''P. rhizophilus'' is found in the Apuí region of Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of ...

'' Ohara, Pastana & Camelier, 2022 * ''

Poecilocharax weitzmani ''Poecilocharax'' is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus. Species * ''Poecilocharax bovaliorum'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1 ...

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, 1965Buckup, P.A., 2003. Crenuchidae (South American darters). p. 87-95. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.

References

* Characiformes genera Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann Fish of South America Crenuchidae {{Characiformes-stub