Lonchogenys

Lonchogenys, is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhynchidae, which includes the freshwater barracudas and the biting tetras. The only species in the genus is Lonchogenys ilisha,^[2] This is fish found in tropical freshwater habitats in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins in Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela.^[1]

Lonchogenys
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