Charax (fish)
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| Charax stenopterus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae |
| Genus: | Charax Scopoli, 1777[1] |
| Type species | |
| Salmo gibbosus | |
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Charax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. These fish, among other characteristics, are small and have a rhomboid shape. Some species are semi-translucent. These fishes are found in South America.
Species
Charax contains the following valid species:[3]
- Charax apurensis Lucena, 1987
- Charax awa Guimarães, Brito, Ferreira & Ottoni, 2018
- Charax caudimaculatus Lucena, 1987
- Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel, 1976)
- Charax delimai Menezes & Lucena, 2014
- Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Charax hemigrammus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Charax leticiae Lucena, 1987
- Charax macrolepis (Kner, 1858)
- Charax metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Charax michaeli Lucena, 1989
- Charax niger Lucena, 1989
- Charax notulatus Lucena, 1987
- Charax pauciradiatus (Günther, 1864)
- Charax rupununi C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Charax stenopterus (Cope, 1894)
- Charax tectifer (Cope, 1870)
References
- ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
- ^ Menezes, N.A. & Lucena, C.A.S.d. (2014). "A taxonomic review of the species of Charax Scopoli, 1777 (Teleostei: Characidae: Characinae) with description of a new species from the rio Negro bearing superficial neuromasts on body scales, Amazon basin, Brazil". Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (2): 193–228. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130175.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Charax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2 October 2025.