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Tyttobrycon

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Tyttobrycon
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Aphyoditeinae
Genus: Tyttobrycon
Géry, 1973
Type species
Tyttobrycon xeruini
Géry, 1973

Tyttobrycon is a genus of characins native to the Amazon Basin in South America.[1]

Species

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There are currently six recognized species:[1][2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Tyttobrycon". FishBase. October 2013 version.
  2. ^ a b Marinho, M.M.F., Bastos, D.A. & Menezes, N.A. (2013): New species of miniature fish from Marajó Island, Pará, Brazil, with comments on its relationships (Characiformes: Characidae). Archived 2013-12-26 at the Wayback Machine Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (4): 739-746.
  3. ^ Abrahão, Vitor Pimenta; Pastana, Murilo; Marinho, Manoela (2019-12-18). "On a remarkable sexual dimorphic trait in the Characiformes related to the olfactory organ and description of a new miniature species of Tyttobrycon Géry (Characiformes: Characidae)". PLOS ONE. 14 (12): e0226130. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1426130A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0226130. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 6919584. PMID 31851726.