Polycentrus

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| image = Polycentrus schomburgkii.jpg

| image_caption = Polycentrus schomburgkii

| taxon = Polycentrus

| authority = Müller & Troschel, 1849

| type_species = Polycentrus schomburgkii

| type_species_authority = Müller & Troschel, 1848

}}

Polycentrus is a genus of small fish belonging to the family Polycentridae. They are found in fresh and brackish water in northern South America and Trinidad.{{FishBase genus|genus=Polycentrus|month=June|year=2018}}{{cite journal |author1=Coutinho, D.P. |author2=Wosiacki, W.B. |name-list-style=amp |year=2014 |title=A new species of leaffish Polycentrus Müller & Troschel, 1849 (Percomorpha: Polycentridae) from the Rio Negro, Brazil |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology |volume=12 |issue=4 |pages=747–753 |doi=10.1590/1982-0224-20140046 |doi-access=free }}