Characidium oiticicai

Characidium oiticicai is a fish in the family Crenuchidae.^[2] It is native to South America and is found in the upper Tietê and Ribeira de Iguape River basins in Brazil.^[2]

Characidium oiticicai
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Crenuchidae
Genus:	Characidium
Species:	C. oiticicai
Binomial name
Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967

Size

This species reaches a length of 6.8 cm (2.7 in).^[2]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the José Oiticica Filho (1906–1964), an entomologist, a photographer and Travassos' colleague at the Museu Nacional, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.^[3]