Trochilocharax

Trochilocharax
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily:	Trochilocharacinae Melo, Mattox & Oliveira, 2024 [2]
Genus:	Trochilocharax Zarske, 2010 [3]
Species:	T. ornatus
Binomial name
Trochilocharax ornatus Zarske, 2010 [4]

Trochilocharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae. ^[4] The only species in the genus is Trochilocharax ornatus, the hummingbird tetra, and this genus is the only genus in the monotypic subfamily Trochilocharacinae. ^[2] This species is known only from Peru, the holotypes being imported to Germany from Peru, near Iquitos. ^[1] This species has a maximum standard length 1.7 cm (0.67 in). ^[5]

References

1. Chuctaya, J.; Ortega Torres, H. & Correa, E. (2016). "Trochilocharax ornatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T58383324A58383332. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58383324A58383332.en . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
2. Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; et al. (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1) zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. ISSN   0024-4082.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Trochilocharacinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 October 2025.
4. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Trochilocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 5 October 2025.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Trochilocharax ornatus". FishBase . April 2025 version.

Further reading

• Axel Zarske. "Der Kolibrisalmler - Trochilocharax ornatus gen. et spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Peru (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)" [The hummingbird tetra Trochilocharax ornatus gen. et spec. nov. – a new tetra from Peru (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)](PDF). Verteb. Zool. (in German). 60 (2): 75–98.