Lepidocharax
| Lepidocharax | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Planaltininae |
| Genus: | Lepidocharax K. M. Ferreira, Menezes & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2011[1] |
| Type species | |
| Lepidocharax diamantina K. M. Ferreira, Menezes & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2011[1]
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Lepidocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the Doce, Paraguaçu and São Francisco basins in eastern Brazil.[2][3] They are small fish, that reach up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in standard length.[2]
Species
Lepidocharax contains the following valid species:[4]
- Lepidocharax burnsi Ferreira, Menezes & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2011
- Lepidocharax diamantina K. M. Ferreira, Menezes & Quagio-Grassioto, 2011
References
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Planaltininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidocharax". FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2025.