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Nematocharax

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Genus of fishes

Nematocharax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Rhoadsiinae
Genus: Nematocharax
S. H. Weitzman, Menezes & Britski, 1986
Species: N. venustus
Binomial name
Nematocharax venustus
S. H. Weitzman, Menezes & Britski, 1986
Synonyms

Nematocharax costai Bragança, Barbosa & Mattos, 2013

Nematocharax is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Nematocharax venustus, which is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Jequitinhonha River basin. The males of this species can reach a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL while the females only grow to 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL.

References

  1. ^ Menezes, N.A., Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2015): Nematocharax costai Bragança, Barbosa & Mattos a junior synonym of Nematocharax venustus Weitzman, Menezes & Britski (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 3920 (3): 453–462.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nematocharax venustus". FishBase. April 2015 version.
  3. Nematocharax venustus, A new genus and species of fish from the Rio Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae) by Stanley H. Weitzman, Naércio A. Menezes and Heraldo A. Britski Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:335-346(1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.
Taxon identifiers
Nematocharax


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