''Xenurobrycon'' is a

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South America South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...

Species

There are currently 6 recognized species in this genus: * '' Xenurobrycon coracoralinae'' C. L. R. Moreira, 2005 * '' Xenurobrycon heterodon'' S. H. Weitzman & S. V. Fink, 1985 * '' Xenurobrycon macropus'' G. S. Myers & P. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1945 * '' Xenurobrycon polyancistrus'' S. H. Weitzman, 1987 * '' Xenurobrycon pteropus'' S. H. Weitzman & S. V. Fink, 1985 * '' Xenurobrycon varii'' Mendonça, L. A. W. Peixoto, Dutra & Netto-Ferreira, 2016

References

Xenurobryconini Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by George S. Myers Taxa named by Paulo de Miranda-Ribeiro Freshwater fish of South America {{Characidae-stub