Priocharax britzi

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Priocharax britzi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Priocharax
Species:
P. britzi
Binomial name
Priocharax britzi

Priocharax britzi is a minute species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. [1] This fish is found in the Rio Negro, Brazil. The species, which has a skeleton of cartilage, is almost completely transparent. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 1.4 cm (0.55 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Ralf Britz, Natural History Museum (London), who described two species in the genus Priocharax . [4]

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Priocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  2. ↑ Mattox, G.M.T., C.d.S. de Souza, M. Toledo-Piza and C. Oliveira, 2021. A new miniature species of Priocharax (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Ipixuna, Purus drainage, Brazil. Neotrop. Ichthyol. 19(2).
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Priocharax britzi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 27 October 2025.


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