Varicharax
| Varicharax | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
| Genus: | Varicharax Vanegas-Ríos, Faustino-Fuster, Meza-Vargas & Ortega, 2020[1] |
| Species: | V. nigrolineatus
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| Binomial name | |
| Varicharax nigrolineatus Vanegas-Ríos, Faustino-Fuster, Meza-Vargas & Ortega, 2020[1]
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Varicharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The only species in this genus is Varicharax nigrolineatus, a characin, which is endemic to Peru where it is found in the Río Corrientes drainage, part of the Río Marañón basin in Loreto, Peru.[2]
References
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Varicharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.