Aphyocharax
Appearance
Aphyocharax | |
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Aphyocharax anisitsi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Subfamily: | Cheirodontinae |
Genus: | Aphyocharax Günther, 1868 |
Aphyocharax is a genus of characins from South America, specifically the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraguay and Paraná basins. The 12 currently described species in this genus are:[1]
- Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Aphyocharax alburnus (Günther, 1869) (goldencrown tetra)
- Aphyocharax anisitsi C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 (bloodfin tetra)
- Aphyocharax colifax Taphorn & Thomerson, 1991
- Aphyocharax dentatus C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
- Aphyocharax erythrurus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (flame tail tetra)
- Aphyocharax gracilis Fowler, 1940
- Aphyocharax nattereri (Steindachner, 1882)
- Aphyocharax paraguayensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 (dawn tetra)
- Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868
- Aphyocharax rathbuni C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 (redflank bloodfin)
- Aphyocharax yekwanae Willink, Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2003
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Aphyocharax in FishBase. October 2011 version.