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Poecilocharax
Poecilocharax is a genus of South American darters in the family Crenuchidae from the Amazon, Orinoco and Potaro basins. There are currently four described species in this genus. It is one of two genera within the subfamily Crenuchinae.
4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species
Black Morpho Tetra
speciesPoecilocharax weitzmani
Poecilocharax callipterus
speciesPoecilocharax callipterus
Poecilocharax rhizophilus
speciesPoecilocharax rhizophilus
Poecilocharax bovalii
speciesPoecilocharax bovalii
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 91192.