| Ctenocheirodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Cheirodontinae |
| Genus: | Ctenocheirodon L. R. Malabarba & Jerep, 2012 [2] |
| Species: | C. pristis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ctenocheirodon pristis L. R. Malabarba & Jerep, 2012 [2] | |
Ctenocheirodon is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. [2] The only species in this genus is Ctenocheirodon pristis, a characin, [3] which is endemic to the drainage basin of the upper Tocantins River in Brazil. [1] This species has a fusiform body with a maximum standard length of 3.4 cm (1.3 in) in females and 3.3 cm (1.3 in) in males. It occurs in clear water over sand and gravel substrates with no vegetation. [4] The genus name prefixes Cheirodon with cteno, which means "comb", and the specific name pritis, means "saw", both names being a references to the “ventral procurrent caudal-fin arrangement of males,”. [5]
