Characidium

Characidium
Characidium fasciatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Crenuchidae
Genus: Characidium
J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Type species
Characidium fasciatum
J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Synonyms

Chorimycterus Cope, 1894
Geryichthys Zarske, 1997
Jobertina Pellegrin, 1909
Microcharax Eigenmann, 1909
Nanognathus Boulenger, 1895
Poecilosomatops Fowler, 1906

Characidium is a genus of fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from Panama.[1] They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.[2]

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Characidium". FishBase. September 2017 version.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Lujan2013 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).