Engraulisoma | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Triportheidae |
Subfamily: | Clupeacharacinae |
Genus: | Engraulisoma R. M. C. Castro, 1981 |
Species: | E. taeniatum |
Binomial name | |
Engraulisoma taeniatum R. M. C. Castro, 1981 |
Engraulisoma 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 Engraulisoma taeniatum. [2] This species is found in South America and has been recirded from Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Venezuela in the Amazon, Araguaia-Tocantins, upper-Paraguay, Napo and Orinoco River basins. [1] This genus is one of two genera within the subfamily Triportheinae. [3]