Aphyocharax

Aphyocharax
	Aphyocharax anisitsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Aphyocharacinae
Genus:	Aphyocharax; Günther, 1868
Type species
	Aphyocharax pusillus; Günther, 1868
Synonyms
	Holoprion C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 ; Phoxinopsis Regan, 1907 ; Notropocharax Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933 ;

Aphyocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are from South America, specifically the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraguay and Paraná basins.

Species

Aphyocharax contains the following valid species:

Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882)
Aphyocharax anisitsi C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 (bloodfin tetra)
Aphyocharax avary Fowler, 1913
Aphyocharax brevicaudatus Brito, Guimarães, Carvalho-Costa & Ottoni, 2019
Aphyocharax colifax Taphorn & Thomerson, 1991
Aphyocharax dentatus C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
Aphyocharax erythrurus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (flame tail tetra)
Aphyocharax gracilis Fowler, 1940
Aphyocharax nattereri (Steindachner, 1882) (dawn tetra)
Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868
Aphyocharax rathbuni C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 (redflank bloodfin)
Aphyocharax yekwanae Willink, Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2003

References

1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Aphyocharacinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aphyocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

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[Cof_family-1] 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Aphyocharacinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

[Cof_genus-2] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Aphyocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 September 2025.

Aphyocharax

Aphyocharax anisitsi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Aphyocharacinae
Genus:	Aphyocharax Günther, 1868
Type species
Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868
Synonyms
Holoprion C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 Phoxinopsis Regan, 1907 Notropocharax Marini, Nichols & La Monte, 1933