Pristobrycon

Taxobox
name = "Pristobrycon"


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Characiformes
familia = Characidae
subfamilia = Serrasalminae
genus = "Pristobrycon"
genus_authority = Eigenmann, 1915
subdivision_ranks = species
subdivision = "P. aureus"
"P. calmoni"
"P. careospinus"
"P. maculipinnis"
"P. striolatus"

"Pristobrycon" is a genus of piranhas.

"Pristobrycon" contains five species. However, this genus is not monophyletic. No single morphological feature has been found that completely diagnoses this genus. "P. striolatus" is very different from other other species of this genuscite journal|url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01484p038.pdf|title=Molecular systematics of Serrasalmidae: Deciphering the identities of piranha species and unraveling their evolutionary histories|first=Barbie|last=Freeman|coauthors=Nico, Leo G.; Osentoski, Matthew; Jelks, Howard L.; Collins, Timothy M.|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1484|pages=1–38|year=2007|format=PDF]

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