Priocharax marupiara

Priocharax marupiara
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Priocharax
Species:
P. marupiara
Binomial name
Priocharax marupiara
Mattox, Britz, Souza, A.L.S. Casas, F. C. T. Lima & Oliveira, 2023

Priocharax marupiara is a minute species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[2] This fish is found in Brazil.[3]

Size

This species reaches a length of 1.7 cm (0.67 in).[4]

Etymology

The fish's name means, in the Nheengatu native common language, "luck" or "lucky in fishing", and in life in general.[5]

References

  1. ^ Lima, F. (2025). "Priocharax marupiara". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T255536768A255538060. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-1.RLTS.T255536768A255538060.en. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  2. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Priocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  3. ^ Mattox, G.M.T., R. Britz, C.S. Souza, A.L.S. Casas, F.C.T. Lima and C. Oliveira, 2023. Two new species of miniature tetras of the fish genus Priocharax from the Rio Juruá drainage, Acre, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae). Canadian Journal of Zoology e-first:1-19.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Priocharax marupiara". FishBase. April 2025 version.
  5. ^ Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 27 October 2025.