Xenocharax

Xenocharax
Xenocharax spilurus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Distichodontidae
Genus:	Xenocharax Günther, 1867
Type species
Xenocharax spilurus Günther, 1867

Xenocharax is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Distichodontidae found in the Congo River Basin in Middle Africa. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus: ^{[1] [2]}

• Xenocharax crassus Pellegrin, 1900
• Xenocharax spilurus Günther, 1867

References

1. Ibala Zamba, A., Mamonekene, V., Vreven, E. & Stiassny, M.L.J. (2016): Rehabilitation of Xenocharax crassus (Teleostei: Distichodontidae), a species endemic to the Congo basin in central Africa. Archived 2016-12-20 at the Wayback Machine Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 27 (4): 347-354.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Xenocharax". FishBase . October 2018 version.