Priocharax | |
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Priocharax conwayi | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
Subfamily: | Tyttobryconinae |
Genus: | Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 |
Type species | |
Priocharax pygmaeus | |
Species | |
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Priocharax is a genus of characins, very small freshwater fish from the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America. [1] [2]
There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus: [3] [4]