Thayeria obliqua

Thayeria obliqua
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Genus: Thayeria
Species:
T. obliqua
Binomial name
Thayeria obliqua
Synonyms
  • Thayeria obliquus C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
  • Thayeria sanctaemariae Ladiges, 1951

Thayeria obliqua, the penguinfish, is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. It is a tropical fish. It is found in the basin of the Tocantins River and Guaporé River in Brazil.