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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: Characidae
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Parapristella
Species: P. aubynei – P. georgiae
Name

Parapristella Géry, 1964

Type by original designation.

Primary references

Géry, J. 1964. Preliminary description of seven new species and two new genera of characoid fishes from the Upper Rio Meta in Colombia. Tropical Fish Hobbyist v. 13 (no. 4, Jan.): 25–32, 41–48. Reference page.

Links

Parapristella and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2022. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on November 25, 2015.

Parapristella is a genus of characins found in northern South America. Currently, two species are described in this genus:

Parapristella aubynei (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
Parapristella georgiae Géry, 1964

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Parapristella in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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