Xenurobrycon polyancistrus
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Xenurobrycon polyancistrus is a species of characid fish of the subfamily Glandulocaudinae. A freshwater fish, it is the smallest species of characin in its family and order. Adults can grow up to {{cvt|1.4|cm}} long.{{FishBase |genus=Xenurobrycon |species=polyancistrus |id=53372 |month= August|year=2014 }}
Distribution
Found in the gallery forest pools adjacent to rivers in savannah areas of the Rio Mamore and Rio Isiboro drainages in Bolivia.{{cite journal|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34570564#page/130/mode/1up|title=A new species of Xenurobrycon Nannostomus (Teleostei: Characidae) from the Río Mamore basin of Bolivia |author=Stanley H. Weitzman |journal=Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |volume=100|pages=112–120 |year=1987}}
It is also found in the Río Madre de Dios basin in Peru.
Discovery
It was found among a collection of fishes from Bolivia sent by Gerard Loubens of the Office de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique Outre-Mer, Laboratoire d'Ichthyologie de l'Universite de Trinidad, Estado Beni, Bolivia.
References
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Category:Freshwater fish of Peru
Category:Fish of the Amazon basin
Category:Taxa named by Stanley Howard Weitzman
Category:Fish described in 1987
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