''Priocharax'' is a genus of
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 ...
s, very small freshwater fish from the
Amazon
Amazon most often refers to:
* Amazons, a tribe of female warriors in Greek mythology
* Amazon rainforest, a rainforest covering most of the Amazon basin
* Amazon River, in South America
* Amazon (company), an American multinational technology c ...
and
Orinoco
The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...
basins in tropical South America.
[Toledo-Piza, M., Mattox, G.M.T. & Britz, R. (2014): Priocharax nanus, a new miniature Characid from the Rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes. ''Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 229-246''.]
Species
There are currently three recognized species in this genus:
Vari
Vari ( el, Βάρη) is a southern suburb of Athens and former municipality in East Attica, Greece along the Athens coast. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal un ...
, 1987
* ''Priocharax pygmaeus
''Priocharax'' is a genus of characins, very small freshwater fish from the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.Toledo-Piza, M., Mattox, G.M.T. & Britz, R. (2014): Priocharax nanus, a new miniature Characid from the Rio Negro, Ama ...
'' S. H. Weitzman & Vari
Vari ( el, Βάρη) is a southern suburb of Athens and former municipality in East Attica, Greece along the Athens coast. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Vari-Voula-Vouliagmeni, of which it is a municipal un ...
, 1987
* '' Priocharax nanus'' Toledo-Piza, Mattox & Britz
Britz () is a German locality (''Ortsteil'') within the Berlin borough (''Bezirk'') of Neukölln.
History
The village of ''Britzig'' was first mentioned in 1273. It was incorporated by the 1920 Greater Berlin Act. It is known for being the sit ...
, 2014
References
Characidae
Taxa named by Stanley Howard Weitzman
Taxa named by Richard Peter Vari
Fish of South America
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