Bario (fish)
| Bario | |
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| Bario steindachneri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Thayeriinae |
| Genus: | Bario Myers, 1940[1] |
| Type species | |
| Tetragonopterus steindachneri C. H. Eigenmann, 1893[1]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Entomolepis C. H. Eigenmann, 1893 (Preoccupied) | |
Bario is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[1] The glass tetra and redeye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus. Most of the species, except the formerly monotypic type species, were formerly classified in Moenkhausia.
Species
Bario contains the following valid species:[2]
- Bario australe C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Bario cosmops F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007
- Bario diktyotus F. C. T. Lima & Toledo-Piza, 2001
- Bario forestii Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2009
- Bario lineomaculatus D'Agosta, Marinho & Benine, 2015
- Bario oligolepis (Günther, 1864) (Glass tetra)
- Bario sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) (Redeye tetra)
- Bario skolioplatus (Bertaco & Carvalho, 2005)
- Bario steindachneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1893)
- Bario uirapuru Ohara & F. C. T. Lima, 2015
References
- ^ a b c d Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Family-Thayeriinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 October 2025.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bario". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 October 2025.