Ammocryptocharax

Ammocryptocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. These fishes are found in South America.

Ammocryptocharax
Ammocryptocharax lateralis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Crenuchidae
Subfamily:	Characidiinae
Genus:	Ammocryptocharax Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976[1]
Type species
Ammocryptocharax elegans Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976[1]

Species

Ammocryptocharax contains the following species:^[2]

• Ammocryptocharax elegans Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976
• Ammocryptocharax lateralis (Eigenmann, 1909)
• Ammocryptocharax minutus Buckup, 1993
• Ammocryptocharax vintonae (Eigenmann, 1909)