Clupeacharax

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Clupeacharax
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Triportheidae
Subfamily: Clupeacharacinae
Genus: Clupeacharax
N. E. Pearson, 1924
Species:
C. anchoveoides
Binomial name
Clupeacharax anchoveoides

Clupeacharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Triportheidae, the hatchet characins or keeled characins. The only species in this genus is Clupeacharax anchoveoides. [2] This species is found South America in the upper Amazon basin and in the basins of the Paraná and Paraguay Rivers. [1] This genus is one of two genera within the subfamily Clupeacharacinae. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Brejão, G.L. (2023). "Clupeacharax anchoveoides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T49830005A159172046. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49830005A159172046.en . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Clupeacharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  3. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Clupeacharacinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 August 2025.


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