''Oxybrycon parvulus'' is a species of
characin
Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, more than 2000 different species are described, including the well-known piranha and tetras.; Buckup P.A.: "Relationsh ...
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Peru
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...
where it is found in the
Amazon River basin. It is the only member of its genus and subfamily, Oxybryconinae.
References
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Scissorini
Monotypic fish genera
Fish of South America
Fish of Peru
Taxa named by Jacques Géry
Fish described in 1964
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