Pristobrycon

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Pristobrycon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Serrasalminae
Genus: Pristobrycon
Eigenmann, 1915
species

P. aureus
P. calmoni
P. careospinus
P. maculipinnis
P. striolatus

Pristobrycon is a genus of piranhas.

Pristobrycon contains five species. However, this genus is not monophyletic. No single morphological feature has been found that completely diagnoses this genus. P. striolatus is very different from other other species of this genus[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Freeman, Barbie; Nico, Leo G.; Osentoski, Matthew; Jelks, Howard L.; Collins, Timothy M. (2007). "Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories" (PDF). Zootaxa 1484: 1–38. 
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