Priocharax
| Priocharax | |
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| Priocharax conwayi | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Tyttobryconinae |
| Genus: | Priocharax S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987 |
| Type species | |
| Priocharax ariel S. H. Weitzman & Vari, 1987
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Priocharax is a genus of very small freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae (American characins). The fishes in this genus are found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in tropical South America.