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Priocharax britzi
Priocharax britzi is a minute species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. This fish is found in the Rio Negro, Brazil. The species, which has a skeleton of cartilage, is almost completely transparent.
From the article Priocharax britzi on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
In human culture
The fish is named in honor of Ralf Britz, Natural History Museum (London), who described two species in the genus Priocharax.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Etymology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1313192.