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Priocharax conwayi

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Priocharax conwayi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Priocharax
Species:
P. conwayi
Binomial name
Priocharax conwayi

Priocharax conwayi is a minute species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. [1] This fish is found in Brazil. [2]

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Size

This species reaches a length of 1.9 cm (0.75 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Kevin W. Conway of Texas A&M University, located in College Station, Texas, US. [4]

Biology

This species inhabits black water systems, including shallow riverine and slow-flowing forest streams with dense aquatic vegetation.

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ George M.T. Mattox; Flávio C. T. Lima; Ralf Britz; Camila S. Souza; Claudio Oliveira (12 September 2024). "Two new miniature species of the fish genus Priocharax from the Rio Tapajós and Amazonas drainages, Pará, Brazil (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 74: 533–550. doi: 10.3897/vz.74.e130038 .
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Priocharax conwayi". FishBase . February 2015 version.
  4. ↑ Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 27 October 2025.


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