Ammocryptocharax elegans
| Ammocryptocharax elegans | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Genus: | Ammocryptocharax |
| Species: | A. elegans
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| Binomial name | |
| Ammocryptocharax elegans | |
Ammocryptocharax elegans is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. This species was described in 1976 by Stanley Howard Weitzman and Robert H. Kanazawa,[3] who proposed the new genus Ammocryptocharax for this species, designating this species as the type species of that genus.[4] This species is found in the catchment of the Amazon in Brazil, Bolivia and Peru and in the upper Orinoco in Venezuela and Colombia.[1]
References
- ^ a b Salvador, G.N. (2023). "Ammocryptocharax elegans". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T162748277A162748298. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T162748277A162748298.en. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ SH Weitzman; RH Kanazawa (1976). "Ammocryptocharax elegans, a new genus and species of riffle-inhabiting characoid fish (Teleostei: Characidae) from South America". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 89: 325–346.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ammocryptocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characidiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Ammocryptocharax". FishBase. October 2011 version.