Tucanoichthys
| Tucanoichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Tyttobryconinae |
| Genus: | Tucanoichthys Géry & U. Römer, 1997[2] |
| Species: | T. tucano |
| Binomial name | |
| Tucanoichthys tucano Géry & U. Römer, 1997[3] | |
Tucanoichthys is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[2] The only species in the genus is Tucanoichthys tucano, a characin which is endemic to Brazil, where it is found in the Uaupés River.[3]
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tucanoichthys tucano". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade (ICMBio) (2022). "Tucanoichthys tucano". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2022 e.T141170722A141170729. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T141170722A141170729.pt. Retrieved 11 April 2025.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Tyttobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Tucanoichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
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