Trochilocharax

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Chuctaya, J. |author2=Ortega Torres, H. |author3=Correa, E. |year=2016 |title=Trochilocharax ornatus |volume=2016 |page=e.T58383324A58383332 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T58383324A58383332.en |access-date=10 April 2025}}

| display_parents = 3

| grandparent_authority = Melo, Mattox & Oliveira, 2024

| parent_authority = Zarske, 2010

| taxon = Trochilocharax ornatus

| authority = Zarske, 2010

}}

Trochilocharax ornatus (hummingbird tetra) is a species of characin endemic to Peru.{{Cite web|title=Trochilocharax ornatus – Hummingbird Tetra — Seriously Fish|url=https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/trochilocharax-ornatus/|access-date=2020-11-07}} This species is the only member of the genus Trochilocharax{{cite journal |author=Thomaz, A.T.|author2= Arcila, D.|author3= Ortí, G. |author4= Malabarba, L.R. |year=2015|title= Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits|journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|volume=15|issue= 1|page= 146|doi= 10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4|doi-access= free|pmid= 26195030|pmc= 4509481|bibcode= 2015BMCEE..15..146T}} and its subfamily, Trochilocharacinae.

It is a small fish, reaching only {{cvt|17|mm}} SL.{{FishBase|Trochilocharax|ornatus |month=April|year=2025}}