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Brittanichthys is a genus of characins endemic to the Rio Negro basin in South America. The currently described species are:

• Brittanichthys axelrodi Géry, 1965
• Brittanichthys myersi Géry, 1965

Brittanichthys
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Brittanichthys Géry, 1965

Etymology

The genus Brittanichthys is named in honor of ichthyologist Martin Ralph Brittan (1922-2008), Sacramento State College, California, who discovered both species.

The species Brittanichthys axelrodi is named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017), whose T.F.H. Fund sponsored the expedition that collected the type specimen.

The species Brittanichthys myersi is named in honor of Stanford University ichthyologist George S. Myers (1905-1985), “a long-time student of South American fishes”[1]

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Brittanichthys in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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