Priocharax nanus is a minute species of fish native to the Rio Negro, Brazil. The species, which has a skeleton of cartilage, is almost completely transparent.[1][2] It grows to a maximum length of 15.6 millimeters.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Priocharax |
| Species: | P. nanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Priocharax nanus | |
References edit
Notes edit
- ^ "New Species of Miniature Fish Discovered in Rio Negro". Sci-News.com. July 8, 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "New miniature fish discovered". Natural History Museum. 1 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "New Miniature Fish Discovered". maidenhead aquatics. 4 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
Further reading edit
- Toledo-Piza, Mônica; Mattox, George M. T.; Britz, Ralf (2014). "Priocharax nanus, a new miniature characid from the rio Negro, Amazon basin (Ostariophysi: Characiformes), with an updated list of miniature Neotropical freshwater fishes" (PDF). Neotropical Ichthyology. 12 (2). Sociedade Brasileira de Ictiologia: 229–246. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-20130171. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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