Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Crenuchidae
Subfamilia: Characidiinae
Genus: Elachocharax
Elachocharax is a genus of small fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are native to the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America.
Species
There are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
Elachocharax geryi S. H. Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1978
Elachocharax junki (Géry, 1971)
Elachocharax mitopterus S. H. Weitzman, 1986[2]
Elachocharax pulcher G. S. Myers, 1927
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Elachocharax". FishBase. October 2012 version.
A new species of Elachocharax (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Rio Negro Region of Venezuela and Brazil by Stanley H. Weitzman Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:729-747(1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.
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