Oxybrycon

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Oxybrycon
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily: Oxybryconinae
Melo, Mattox & Oliveira, 2024 [2]
Genus: Oxybrycon
Géry, 1964 [3]
Species:
O. parvulus
Binomial name
Oxybrycon parvulus
Géry, 1964 [4]

Oxybrycon is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. It is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Oxybryconinae [3] and the only species in the genus is Oxybrycon parvulus. [4] This species is known only from the upper Amazon basin in Peru and the middle Madeira River in Brazil. [1] O. parvulus has a maximum standard length of 2.1 cm (0.83 in). [5]

References

  1. 1 2 Lima, F. (2023). "Oxybrycon parvulus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023 e.T49829957A160184989. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829957A160184989.en . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; et al. (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1) zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. ISSN   0024-4082.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oxybrycon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 October 2025.
  5. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Oxybrycon parvulus". FishBase . April 2025 version.


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