Poecilocharax Eigenmann 1909
- Dataset
- The monophyly of Crenuchinae and description of two new species of Poecilocharax (Teleostei: Crenuchidae) based on phenotypic and genotypic evidence
- Rank
- GENUS
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Characiformes
- family
- Crenuchidae
- genus
- Poecilocharax
materials_examined
Type species: Poecilocharax bovalii Eigenmann, 1909 (by original description); now Poecilocharax bovaliorum (mandatory name correction: Fricke et al., 2021 b). Diagnosis: Poecilocharax can be distinguished from the only other crenuchin genus, Crenuchus, by the following morphological characteristics: (1) adipose fin absent (vs. present); (2) pelvic-fin rays eight, with the following formula: i, seven or i, six, i (vs. pelvic-fin rays nine or ten, with formula: i, eight or i, nine); and (3) posterior terminus of maxilla not surpassing vertical through anterior margin of the orbit (vs. posterior terminus of maxilla extending posterior to orbital margin, reaching vertical through pupils).