Scopaeocharax

Scopaeocharax
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Xenurobryconinae
Genus: Scopaeocharax
S. H. Weitzman & S. V. Fink, 1985
Type species
Tyttocharax rhinodus

Scopaeocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are endemic to Peru, where both species are found in the upper and middle Huallaga River basin.

Species

Scopaeocharax contains the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenurobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 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, (2015) 15: 146.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Scopaeocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 September 2025.