Oligosarcus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Characiformes
- Family
- Characidae
- Genus
- Oligosarcus
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Oligosarcus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Oligosarcus
Oligosarcus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in South America. They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Andromakhe
- Aphyodite
- Astyanax
- Bario
- Brachychalcinus
- Brittanichthys
- Bryconella
- Carlana
- Coptobrycon
- Ctenobrycon
- Deuterodon
- Dinotopterygium
- Ectrepopterus
- Erythrocharax
- Grundulus
- Gymnocharacinus
- Gymnocorymbus
- Hasemania
- Hemigrammus
- Hollandichthys
- Hyphessobrycon
- Inpaichthys
- Jupiaba
- Makunaima
- Moenkhausia
- Nematobrycon
- Nematocharax
- Oligosarcus
- Orthospinus
- Paracheirodon
- Parapristella
- Parastremma
- Parecbasis
- Petitella
- Phycocharax
- Poptella
- Pristella
- Psalidodon
- Pseudochalceus
- Rachoviscus
- Rhoadsia
- Stethaprion
- Stichonodon
- Stygichthys
- Thayeria
- Tyttobrycon
Child Taxa
- Oligosarcus acutirostris
- Oligosarcus amome
- Oligosarcus argenteus
- Oligosarcus bolivianus
- Oligosarcus brevioris
- Oligosarcus hepsetus
- Oligosarcus itau
- Oligosarcus jacuiensis
- Oligosarcus jenynsii
- Oligosarcus longirostris
- Oligosarcus macrolepis
- Oligosarcus menezesi
- Oligosarcus oligolepis
- Oligosarcus paranensis
- Oligosarcus perdido
- Oligosarcus pintoi
- Oligosarcus planaltinae
- Oligosarcus platensis
- Oligosarcus robustus
- Oligosarcus schindleri
- Oligosarcus solitarius
- Oligosarcus varii








































