Elachocharax
Elachocharax is a genus of small fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.
| Elachocharax | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Elachocharax G. S. Myers, 1927 |
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Elachocharax geryi S. H. Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978
- Elachocharax junki (Géry, 1971)
- Elachocharax mitopterus S. H. Weitzman, 1986[2]
- Elachocharax pulcher G. S. Myers, 1927
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Elachocharax in FishBase. October 2012 version.
- A new species of Elachocharax (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Rio Negro Region of Venezuela and Brazil by Stanley H. Weitzman Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:729-747(1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.
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