Bario steindachneri

Bario steindachneri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Genus:	Bario G. S. Myers, 1940
Species:	B. steindachneri
Binomial name
Bario steindachneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1893) [1] [2] [3]
Synonyms [4]
Tetragonopterus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1893 Tetragonopterus lineatus Steindachner, 1891

Bario steindachneri is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. ^[4] from Brazil and Peru. It is found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range in a tropical climate. ^[5]

Bario steindachneri can reach the maximum recorded length of about 9 cm (3.5 in) as an unsexed male. ^[5] It is found in the Amazon River basin of South America. ^{[5] [6]}

The fish is named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919), who originally described this species in 1891 but unwittingly used a name that already been used. ^[7]

References

1. "Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved 2 September 2013.
2. "Bario steindachneri 祕魯巴西脂鯉". AnimalDiversityWeb. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
3. "Bario steindachneri (Sarjatetra)". Zipcode Zoo. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
4. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bario". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 30 October 2025.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bario steindachneri". FishBase . September 2013 version.
6. "Bario steindachneri". The Encyclopedia of Life . Retrieved 2 September 2013.
7. Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 30 October 2025.