Chrysobrycon

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Chrysobrycon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Chrysobrycon
S. H. Weitzman & Menezes, 1998

Chrysobrycon is a genus of characins endemic to Peru, with these currently described species:

  • Chrysobrycon eliasi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta & H. Ortega, 2011[1]
  • Chrysobrycon hesperus (J. E. Böhlke, 1958)
  • Chrysobrycon myersi (S. H. Weitzman & Thomerson, 1970)

References

  1. Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M. & Ortega, H. (2011): Chrysobrycon eliasi, new species of stevardiine fish (Characiformes: Characidae) from the río Madre de Dios and upper río Manuripe basins, Peru. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (4): 731-740.


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