Charax (genus)

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Charax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae Subfamily: Characinae Genus: Charax Linnaeus, 1758
Species
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The genus Charax is used to group several species of tetras, including the glass headstander, Charax gibbosus. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, translucent, and have a rhomboid shape.

[edit] Species

• Charax apurensis (Lucena, 1987).
• Charax caudimaculatus (Lucena, 1987).
• Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel, 1976).
• Glass headstander, Charax gibbosus (Linnaeus, 1758).
• Charax hemigrammus (Eigenmann, 1912).
• Charax leticiae (Lucena, 1987).
• Charax macrolepis (Kner, 1858).
• Charax maculatus (Lucena, 1989).
• Charax metae (Eigenmann, 1922).
• Charax michaeli (Lucena, 1989).
• Charax niger (Lucena, 1989).
• Charax notulatus (Lucena, 1989).
• Charax pauciradiatus (Günther, 1864).
• Charax rupununi (Eigenmann, 1912).
• Charax stenopterus (Cope, 1894).
• Charax tectifer (Cope, 1870).
• Charax unimaculatus (Lucena, 1989).

[edit] References

• "Charax". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. May 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.