Nannocharax

Nannocharax
Nannocharax niloticus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Distichodontidae
Genus:	Nannocharax Günther, 1867 [1]
Type species
Nannocharax fasciatus Günther, 1867 [1]
Synonyms [1]
Hemigrammocharax Pellegrin, 1923 Microdistichodus Pellegrin, 1926 Thrissocharax Myers, 1926 Hemigrammonannocharax Holly, 1930 Distichodina Fowler, 1935 Lepinannocharax Fowler, 1936

Nannocharax is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes found in Africa.

Species

Nannocharax contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Nannocharax altus Pellegrin, 1930
• Nannocharax angolensis (Poll, 1967)
• Nannocharax ansorgii Boulenger, 1911
• Nannocharax brevis Boulenger, 1902
• Nannocharax chochamandai Manda, Snoeks, Decru, Brecko & Vreven, 2023
• Nannocharax dageti Jerep, Vari & Vreven 2014
• Nannocharax elongatus Boulenger, 1900
• Nannocharax fasciatus Günther, 1867
• Nannocharax fasciolaris Nichols & Boulton, 1927
• Nannocharax gracilis Poll, 1939
• Nannocharax hadros Manda, Snoeks, Manda & Vreven, 2021
• Nannocharax hastatus Jerep & Vari, 2014
• Nannocharax hollyi Fowler, 1936
• Nannocharax intermedius Boulenger, 1903
• Nannocharax latifasciatus Coenen & Teugels, 1989
• Nannocharax lineomaculatus Blache & Miton, 1960
• Nannocharax lineostriatus (Poll, 1967)
• Nannocharax luapulae Boulenger, 1915
• Nannocharax machadoi (Poll, 1967)
• Nannocharax macropterus Pellegrin, 1926
• Nannocharax maculicauda Vari & Géry, 1981
• Nannocharax micros Fowler, 1936
• Nannocharax minutus Worthington, 1933
• Nannocharax monardi (Pellegrin, 1936)
• Nannocharax multifasciatus Boulenger, 1923
• Nannocharax niloticus (Joannis, 1835)
• Nannocharax occidentalis Daget, 1959
• Nannocharax ocellicauda Boulenger, 1907
• Nannocharax ogoensis Pellegrin, 1911
• Nannocharax parvus Pellegrin, 1906
• Nannocharax procatopus Boulenger, 1920
• Nannocharax pteron Fowler, 1936
• Nannocharax reidi Vari & Ferraris, 2004
• Nannocharax rubensteini (Jerep & Vari, 2013)
• Nannocharax rubrolabiatus Van den Bergh, Teugels, Coenen & Ollevier, 1995
• Nannocharax schoutedeni Poll, 1939
• Nannocharax seyboldi Schultz, 1942
• Nannocharax signifer Moritz, 2010
• Nannocharax skeltoni Jerep, Vari, Dillman & de Santana, 2024
• Nannocharax taenia Boulenger, 1902
• Nannocharax uniocellatus (Pellegrin, 1926)
• Nannocharax usongo Dunz & Schliewen, 2009
• Nannocharax wittei (Poll, 1933)
• Nannocharax zebra Dunz & Schliewen, 2009

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Distichodontidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 June 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Nannocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 June 2025.