Paragoniates

Paragoniates
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Aphyocharacinae
Genus:	Paragoniates Steindachner, 1876
Species:	P. alburnus
Binomial name
Paragoniates alburnus Steindachner, 1876 [2]

Paragoniates is a mobospecificgenus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. The only species in the genus is Paragoniates alburnus a characin which is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil and Bolivia. ^[3] Peru and Venezuela. ^[4]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paragoniates alburnus". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Lima, F. (2023). "Paragoniates alburnus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2023: e.T49829916A160186278. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829916A160186278.en . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
2. Steindachner, F (1876). "Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). Über einige neue oder seltene Fischarten aus dem atlantischen, indischen, und stillen Ocean". Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaften Classe. 74 (1): 49–240. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
3. "Lista ctualizada y distribución de peces de las tierras bajas de la Amazonía Boliviana" . Retrieved 9 Jan 2024.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paragoniates". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 May 2025.