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Nematobrycon is a genus of characins endemic to the Atrato and San Juan River basins in western Colombia. The two described species in this genus are very popular aquarium fish.

Nematobrycon
Nematobrycon palmeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Gymnocharacinae
Genus:	Nematobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1911

Species

• Nematobrycon lacortei S. H. Weitzman & W. L. Fink, 1971 (rainbow tetra)
• Nematobrycon palmeri C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 (emperor tetra)

References

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

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