Mixobrycon

Mixobrycon ribeiroi is a species of tetra endemic to Paraguay, where it is found in the Paraguay River basin. It is the only member of its genus.

Mixobrycon
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Mixobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Species:	M. ribeiroi
Binomial name
Mixobrycon ribeiroi (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)

Named in honor of Alípio de Miranda Ribeiro (1874-1939) a Brazilian ichthyologist-herpetologist.^[2]