Leptagoniates

Leptagoniates is a monospecific genus of ray-finned fish belonging the family Characidae. It contains the single species Leptagoniates steindachneri,^[3] which is found in the Amazon River basin in Ecuador and Peru.^[4]

Leptagoniates
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Aphyocharacinae
Genus:	Leptagoniates Boulenger, 1887[2]
Species:	L. steindachneri
Binomial name
Leptagoniates steindachneri Boulenger, 1887[2]

Another species, L. pi, has traditionally been placed in this genus, but it was moved to Protocheirodon in 2016.^[3]