Priocharax marupiara

Priocharax marupiara
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Genus:	Priocharax
Species:	P. marupiara
Binomial name
Priocharax marupiara Mattox, Britz, Souza, A.L.S. Casas, F. C. T. Lima & Oliveira, 2023

Priocharax marupiara is a minute species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. ^[2] This fish is found in Brazil. ^[3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 1.7 cm (0.67 in). ^[4]

Etymology

The fishes name means in the Nheengatu native common language meaning luck or lucky in fishing, and in life in general. ^[5]

References

1. Lima, F. (2025). "Priocharax marupiara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2025 e.T255536768A255538060. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T255536768A255538060.en . Retrieved 1 September 2025.
2. 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.
3. Mattox, G.M.T., R. Britz, C.S. Souza, A.L.S. Casas, F.C.T. Lima and C. Oliveira, 2023. Two new species of miniature tetras of the fish genus Priocharax from the Rio Juruá drainage, Acre, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology e-first:1-19.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Priocharax marupiara". FishBase . April 2025 version.
5. Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 27 October 2025.