Lepidocharax

Lepidocharax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Planaltininae
Genus: Lepidocharax
K. M. Ferreira, Menezes & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2011
Type species
Lepidocharax diamantina
K. M. Ferreira, Menezes & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2011

Lepidocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are endemic to the Doce, Paraguaçu and São Francisco basins in eastern Brazil. They are small fish, that reach up to 4 cm (1.6 in) in standard length.

Species

Lepidocharax contains the following valid species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Planaltininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Lepidocharax". FishBase. October 2018 version.
  3. ↑ 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, (2015) 15: 146.
  4. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Lepidocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 September 2025.