''Rachoviscus'' is a small

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

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 ...

s from Brazil. These

threatened Threatened species are any species (including animals, plants and fungi) which are vulnerable to endangerment in the near future. Species that are threatened are sometimes characterised by the population dynamics measure of ''critical depensa ...

fish are

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found 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 found els ...

to coastal river basins in

Bahia Bahia ( , , ; meaning "bay") is one of the 26 states of Brazil, located in the Northeast Region of the country. It is the fourth-largest Brazilian state by population (after São Paulo, Minas Gerais, and Rio de Janeiro) and the 5th-largest ...

, Paraná and Santa Catarina.

ICMBio The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ( Portuguese: ''Instituto Chico Mendes de Conservação da Biodiversidade'', ICMBio) is the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment's administrative arm."Brazilian Federal Law 11.516/2007 (Po ...

(Ministry of the Environment, Brazil)
Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014
Lista de Especies Ameaçadas - Saiba Mais. Retrieved 1 December 2018.

Species

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Rachoviscus crassiceps ''Rachoviscus'' is a small genus of characins from Brazil. These Threatened species, threatened fish are endemism, endemic to coastal river basins in Bahia, Paraná (state), Paraná and Santa Catarina (state), Santa Catarina.ICMBio (Ministry of t ...

'' G. S. Myers, 1926 *''

Rachoviscus graciliceps ''Rachoviscus'' is a small genus of characins from Brazil. These threatened fish are endemic to coastal river basins in Bahia, Paraná and Santa Catarina.ICMBio The Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation ( Portuguese: ''Institut ...

'' S. H. Weitzman & da Cruz, 1981

References

Gymnocharacini Freshwater fish of Brazil Endemic fish of Brazil Characiformes genera Freshwater fish genera Fish described in 1926 Taxa named by George S. Myers {{Characidae-stub