Microgenys

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image_caption = Microgenys Minuta, one of the 3 cuurently recognized species of microgenys.

| taxon = Microgenys

| authority = C. H. Eigenmann, 1913

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Microgenys is a genus of characins from tropical South America.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.