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Bario steindachneri
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Bario G. S. Myers, 1940
Species:	B. steindachneri
Binomial name
Bario steindachneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1893)

Bario steindachneri is a species of characin from Brazil and Peru. It is the only member of the genus Bario. It is found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range in a tropical climate.

Bario steindachneri can reach the maximum recorded length of about 9 cm (3.5 in) as an unsexed male. It is found in the Amazon River basin of South America.

The fish is named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919), who originally described this species in 1891 but unwittingly used a name that already been used.

References

1. "Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)". ITIS Standard Report Page. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
2. "Bario steindachneri 祕魯巴西脂鯉". AnimalDiversityWeb. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
3. "Bario steindachneri (Sarjatetra)". Zipcode Zoo. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
4. ^ "Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)". Fish Base. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
5. "Bario steindachneri". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
6. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order CHARACIFORMES: Family CHARACIDAE: Subfamily STETHAPRIONINAE (a-g)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 March 2021.

Notes

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bario steindachneri". FishBase. October 2011 version.

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