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Schultzites is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae. It contains the single species Schultzites axelrodi, which is endemic to Colombia, where it is found in the upper Meta River basin.

Schultzites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	incertae sedis
Genus:	Schultzites Géry, 1964
Species:	S. axelrodi
Binomial name
Schultzites axelrodi Géry, 1964

Schultzites Géry 1964 named in honor of Leonard P. Schultz (1901-1986), Curator of Fishes, U. S. National Museum, for his “tremendous ichthyological works”.

Schultzites axelrodi Géry 1964 was named in honor of pet-book publisher Herbert R. Axelrod (1927-2017), whose Tropical Fish Hobbyist magazine published this description and several others by Jacques Géry.[1]

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Schultzites axelrodi" in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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