Pristella ariporo

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

Pristella ariporo, the X-ray tetra is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. [2] This species is found in the basin of the Orinoco in Colombia. [3] and Venezuela. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 Taphorn, D.C.; DoNascimiento, CD; Herrera-Collazos, E.E.; et al. (2021). "Pristella ariporo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T176102916A176102941. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T176102916A176102941.en . Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pristella". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  3. Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian C.; Albornoz-Garzón, Juan G.; García-Melo, Jorge E.; Villa-Navarro, Francisco A.; Mirande, J. Marcos; Lima, Flávio C. T. (August 2019). "A New Pristella (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Orinoco Basin, Colombia, with a Redefinition of the Genus" . Copeia. 107 (3): 439–446. doi:10.1643/CI-18-147. ISSN   0045-8511. S2CID   202850443.