Charax (fish)

Charax
Charax stenopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Charax Scopoli, 1777 [1]
Type species
Salmo gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 [2] [1]
Species
See text
Synonyms [1]
Characinus Lacépède, 1803 Charax Risso, 1827 Epicyrtus Müller & Troschel, 1844 Anacyrtus Günther, 1864 Asiphonichthys Cope, 1894 Moralesia Fowler, 1943 Charaxodon Fernández-Yépez, 1947 Moralesicus Fowler, 1958

Charax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. These fish, among other characteristics, are small and have a rhomboid shape. Some species are semi-translucent. These fishes are found in South America.

Species

Charax contains the following valid species: ^[3]

• Charax apurensis Lucena, 1987
• Charax awa Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira & Ottoni, 2018
• Charax caudimaculatus Lucena, 1987
• Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel, 1976)
• Charax delimai Menezes & Lucena, 2014
• Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
• Charax hemigrammus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987
• Charax macrolepis (Kner, 1858)
• Charax metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
• Charax michaeli Lucena, 1989
• Charax niger Lucena, 1989
• Charax notulatus Lucena, 1987
• Charax pauciradiatus (Günther, 1864)
• Charax rupununi C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Charax stenopterus (Cope, 1894)
• Charax tectifer (Cope, 1870)

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
2. Menezes, N.A. & Lucena, C.A.S.d. (2014). "A taxonomic review of the species of Charax Scopoli, 1777 (Teleostei: Characidae: Characinae) with description of a new species from the rio Negro bearing superficial neuromasts on body scales, Amazon basin, Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (2): 193–228. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130175.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Charax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 October 2025.