Poecilocharax

Life-forms

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: Crenuchinae
Genus: Poecilocharax
Species: P. bovalii – P. weitzmani
Name
Poecilocharax Eigenmann, 1909

Poecilocharax is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus.
Species

Poecilocharax bovaliorum C. H. Eigenmann, 1909[1]
Poecilocharax callipterus Ohara, Pastana & Camelier, 2022[2]
Poecilocharax rhizophilus Ohara, Pastana & Camelier, 2022[2]
Poecilocharax weitzmani Géry, 1965[3]

References

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

Géry, J., 1977. Characoids of the world. Neptune City ; Reigate : T.F.H. [etc.]; 672 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 23 cm.
Willian M Ohara, Murilo Pastana, Priscila Camelier, The monophyly of Crenuchinae and description of two new species of Poecilocharax (Teleostei: Crenuchidae) based on phenotypic and genotypic evidence, Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2022;, zlac026, https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlac026
Buckup, P.A., 2003. Crenuchidae (South American darters). p. 87-95. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.