Lonchogenys

Lonchogenys ilisha is a species of biting tetra found in the Rio Negro in Brazil and Colombia. It is the only member of its genus.

Lonchogenys ilisha
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamily:	Heterocharacinae
Genus:	Lonchogenys G. S. Myers, 1927
Species:	L. ilisha
Binomial name
Lonchogenys ilisha G. S. Myers, 1927