Ptychocharax
| Ptychocharax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Xenurobryconinae |
| Genus: | Ptychocharax S. H. Weitzman, S. V. Fink, Machado-Allison & Royero-L., 1994[2] |
| Species: | P. rhyacophila
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptychocharax rhyacophila Weitzman, S. V. Fink, Machado-Allison & Royero, 1994[2]
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Pytocharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The only species in the genus is Ptychocharax rhyacophila, a fish which is endemic to Venezuela, where it is found in the upper Siapa River.[3]
References
- ^ Lima, F. (2023). "Ptychocharax rhyacophila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T175970703A175970717. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T175970703A175970717.en. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & 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.