Chrysobrycon

Chrysobrycon
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Stevardiinae
Genus:	Chrysobrycon ; S. H. Weitzman & Menezes, 1998
Type species
	Hysteronotus hesperus; Böhlke, 1958

Last updated September 08, 2025

Chrysobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. These fishes are found in South America.^[2]

Species

Chrysobrycon contains the following valid species:^[3]

Chrysobrycon calamar Vanegas-Ríos, Urbano-Bonilla & Sánchez-Garcés, 2024
Chrysobrycon eliasi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta & Ortega, 2011
Chrysobrycon guahibo Vanegas-Ríos, Urbano-Bonilla & Azpelicueta, 2015
Chrysobrycon hesperus (Böhlke, 1958)
Chrysobrycon mojicai Vanegas-Ríos & Urbano-Bonilla, 2017
Chrysobrycon myersi (Weitzman & Thomerson, 1970)
Chrysobrycon ximango Silva-Oliveira, Vanegas-Ríos, Canto & Ribeiro, 2025
Chrysobrycon yoliae Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta & Ortega, 2014

References

1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
↑ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chrysobrycon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

[Thomaz2015-2] Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.

[Cof_genus-3] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chrysobrycon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

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