Pristella
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Pristella maxillaris.jpg
| image_caption = Pristella maxillaris
| taxon = Pristella
| authority = C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision = 3, see text
}}
Pristella is a genus of fish in the family Characidae. It was formerly a monotypic taxon only containing Pristella maxillaris, but in 2019 a second species, Pristella ariporo, was described.{{Cite journal|last1=Conde-Saldaña|first1=Cristhian C.|last2=Albornoz-Garzón|first2=Juan G.|last3=García-Melo|first3=Jorge E.|last4=Villa-Navarro|first4=Francisco A.|last5=Mirande|first5=J. Marcos|last6=Lima|first6=Flávio C. T.|date=2019-08-28|title=A New Pristella (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Orinoco Basin, Colombia, with a Redefinition of the Genus|url=https://bioone.org/journals/copeia/volume-107/issue-3/CI-18-147/A-New-Pristella-Characiformes--Characidae-from-the-R%c3%ado-Orinoco/10.1643/CI-18-147.full|journal=Copeia|volume=107|issue=3|pages=439–446|doi=10.1643/CI-18-147|s2cid=202850443 |issn=0045-8511|url-access=subscription}}
Taxonomy
Until 2019, Pristella was a monotypic genus, but P. ariporo was described in 2019. Additionally, Hyphessobrycon axelrodi may belong in Pristella due to its conical teeth, but further genetic studies are needed to confirm this.
Species
There are currently 3 described species:{{Cite journal|last1=Bian|first1=Fangfang|last2=Yang|first2=Xuefen|last3=Ou|first3=Zhijie|last4=Luo|first4=Junzhi|last5=Tan|first5=Bozhen|last6=Yuan|first6=Mingrui|last7=Chen|first7=Tiansheng|last8=Yang|first8=Ruibin|date=2019-08-02|title=Morphological Characteristics and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Three Different Phenotypes of Pristella maxillaris|journal=Frontiers in Genetics|volume=10|page=698 |doi=10.3389/fgene.2019.00698|pmid=31428133 |pmc=6687772 |issn=1664-8021|doi-access=free}}
- Pristella ariporo {{Small|Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Villa-Navarro, Mirande & F. C. T. Lima, 2019}}
- Pristella crinogi {{Small|F. C. T. Lima, Caires, Conde-Saldaña, Mirande & F. R. Carvalho, 2021}}F.C.T. Lima, Caires, R.A., Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Mirande, J.M. & Carvalho, F.R. (2021): A new miniature Pristella (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) with reversed sexual dimorphism from the rio Tocantins and rio São Francisco basins, Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99: 339-348. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2020-0241
- Pristella maxillaris {{Small|(Ulrey, 1894)}}