Nematocharax is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Nematocharax venustus,[1] which is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Jequitinhonha River basin. The males of this species can reach a length of 5.1 centimetres (2.0 in) SL while the females only grow to 3.5 centimetres (1.4 in) SL.[2][3]
| Nematocharax | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhoadsiinae |
| Genus: | Nematocharax S. H. Weitzman, Menezes & Britski, 1986 |
| Species: | N. venustus
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| Binomial name | |
| Nematocharax venustus | |
| Synonyms | |
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Nematocharax costai Bragança, Barbosa & Mattos, 2013 [1] | |
References edit
- ^ a b Menezes, N.A., Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2015): Nematocharax costai Bragança, Barbosa & Mattos a junior synonym of Nematocharax venustus Weitzman, Menezes & Britski (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 3920 (3): 453–462.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Nematocharax venustus" in FishBase. April 2015 version.
- ^ Nematocharax venustus, A new genus and species of fish from the Rio Jequitinhonha, Minas Gerais, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae) by Stanley H. Weitzman, Naércio A. Menezes and Heraldo A. Britski Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:335-346(1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.
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