Cyanocharax

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Cyanocharax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Cyanocharax
F. Boie, 1826

Cyanocharax is a genus of characins from South America, with seven currently recognized species:[1][2]

  • Cyanocharax alegretensis L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003
  • Cyanocharax dicropotamicus L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman] 2003
  • Cyanocharax itaimbe L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003
  • Cyanocharax lepiclastus L. R. Malabarba, S. H. Weitzman & Casciotta, 2003
  • Cyanocharax tipiaia L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003
  • Cyanocharax uruguayensis (Messner, 1962)

References

  1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Cyanocharax in FishBase. June 2012 version.
  2. Casciotta, J., Almirón, A., Piálek, L. & Rícan, O. (2012): Cyanocharax obi, a new species (Characiformes: Characidae) and the first record of the genus from tributaries of the río Paraná basin, Argentina. Zootaxa, 3391: 39–51.


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