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