Acrobrycon

Acrobrycon
Acrobrycon ipanquianus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Hemibryconinae
Genus: Acrobrycon
C. H. Eigenmann & N. E. Pearson, 1924
Type species
Tetragonopterus ipanquianus
Cope, 1877

Acrobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Hemibryconinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G.; Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1) 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acrobrycon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 Arcila, D.; Vari, R.P.; Menezes, N.A. (2014) [December 2013]. "Revision of the Neotropical Genus Acrobrycon (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) with Description of Two New Species". Copeia. 2013 (4): 604–611. doi:10.1643/CI-13-009.