Priocharax phasma

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

Priocharax phasma is a minute species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. [1] This fish is found in Brazil. [2]

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Size

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

Etymology

The fishes name means phásma in Greek. φάσμα, which is a ghost or a specter, referring to its almost completely transparent appearance, resembling that of a ghost. [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. ↑ George M.T. Mattox; Flávio C. T. Lima; Ralf Britz; Camila S. Souza; Claudio Oliveira (12 September 2024). "Two new miniature species of the fish genus Priocharax from the Rio Tapajós and Amazonas drainages, Pará, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 74: 533–550. doi: 10.3897/vz.74.e130038 .
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Priocharax phasma". 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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