Stethaprion

Stethaprion
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily: Stethaprioninae
Genus: Stethaprion
Cope, 1870
Type species
Stethaprion erythrops
Cope, 1870

Stethaprion s a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.