Ptychocharax

Pytocharax is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The only species in the genus is Ptychocharax rhyacophila, a fish which is endemic to Venezuela, where it is found in the upper Siapa River.^[3]

Ptychocharax
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Xenurobryconinae
Genus:	Ptychocharax S. H. Weitzman, S. V. Fink, Machado-Allison & Royero-L., 1994[2]
Species:	P. rhyacophila
Binomial name
Ptychocharax rhyacophila Weitzman, S. V. Fink, Machado-Allison & Royero, 1994[2]