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[1]
Type species
Tyttocharax rhinodus

Scopaeocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The 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. ^ 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.
  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.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Scopaeocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 September 2025.