Chrysobrycon

Chrysobrycon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Stevardiinae
Genus: Chrysobrycon
S. H. Weitzman & Menezes, 1998[1]
Type species
Hysteronotus hesperus

Chrysobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. These fishes are found in South America.[2]

Species

Chrysobrycon contains the following valid species:[3]

  • Chrysobrycon calamar Vanegas-Ríos, Urbano-Bonilla & Sánchez-Garcés, 2024
  • Chrysobrycon eliasi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta & Ortega, 2011
  • Chrysobrycon guahibo Vanegas-Ríos, Urbano-Bonilla & Azpelicueta, 2015
  • Chrysobrycon hesperus (Böhlke, 1958)
  • Chrysobrycon mojicai Vanegas-Ríos & Urbano-Bonilla, 2017
  • Chrysobrycon myersi (Weitzman & Thomerson, 1970)
  • Chrysobrycon ximango Silva-Oliveira, Vanegas-Ríos, Canto & Ribeiro, 2025
  • Chrysobrycon yoliae Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta & Ortega, 2014

References

  1. ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
  2. ^ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Chrysobrycon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2025.