Scopaeocharax

Scopaeocharax
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Xenurobryconinae
Genus:	Scopaeocharax ; S. H. Weitzman & S. V. Fink, 1985
Type species
	Tyttocharax rhinodus; J. E. Böhlke, 1958

Last updated September 02, 2025

Scopaeocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. This fishes in this genus are endemic to Peru, where both species are found in the upper and middle Huallaga River basin.^[2]

Species

Scopaeocharax contains the following species:^[3]

Scopaeocharax atopodus (J. E. Böhlke, 1958)
Scopaeocharax rhinodus (J. E. Böhlke, 1958)

References

1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenurobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.
↑ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Scopaeocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenurobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.

[Thomaz2015-2] Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.

[Cof_genus-3] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Scopaeocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.

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