Aphyocharax

Aphyocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are from South America, specifically the Amazon, Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraguay and Paraná basins.

==Species== Aphyocharax contains the following valid species: Aphyocharax agassizii (Steindachner, 1882) Aphyocharax anisitsi C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 (bloodfin tetra) Aphyocharax avary Fowler, 1913 Aphyocharax brevicaudatus Brito, Guimarães, Carvalho-Costa & Ottoni, 2019 Aphyocharax colifax Taphorn & Thomerson, 1991 Aphyocharax dentatus C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903 Aphyocharax erythrurus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 (flame tail tetra) Aphyocharax gracilis Fowler, 1940 Aphyocharax nattereri (Steindachner, 1882) (dawn tetra) Aphyocharax pusillus Günther, 1868 Aphyocharax rathbuni C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 (redflank bloodfin) Aphyocharax yekwanae Willink, Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2003