Nematobrycon

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Nematobrycon
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Nematobrycon palmeri
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily: Rhoadsiinae
Genus: Nematobrycon
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 [1]
Type species
Nematobrycon palmeri
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 [1]

Nematobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. [1] The fishes in this genus are endemic to the Atrato and San Juan River basins in western Colombia.

Species

Nematobrycon contains the following valid species: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rhoadsiinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 November 2025.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Nematobrycon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 3 November 2025.