Paragoniates

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{speciesbox | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=Lima, F. |year=2023 |title=''Paragoniates alburnus'' |article-number=e.T49829916A160186278 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829916A160186278.en |access-date=18 May 2025}}</ref> | image = | image_caption = | parent_authority = Steindachner, 1876 | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Paragoniates alburnus | authority = Steindachner, 1876<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Steindachner |first1=F |title=Ichthyologische Beiträge (V). Über einige neue oder seltene Fischarten aus dem atlantischen, indischen, und stillen Ocean |journal=Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaften Classe |date=1876 |volume=74 |issue=1 |pages=49–240 |url=http://treatment.plazi.org/GgServer/summary/144031B659F7460A89F81A0120E450B5 |access-date=17 January 2023}}</ref> }} Paragoniates is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae. The only species in the genus is '''''Paragoniates alburnus''''', a characin which is found in the Amazon River basin in Brazil, Bolivia,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/237909304|title= Lista ctualizada y distribución de peces de las tierras bajas de la Amazonía Boliviana|access-date= 9 Jan 2024}}</ref> Peru and Venezuela.<ref>{{Cof genus|Paragoniates|access-date=18 May 2025}}</ref>

==References== * {{FishBase |genus= Paragoniates|species= alburnus| month = October| year = 2011}} {{Reflist}}

Category:Aphyocharacinae Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Fish of Bolivia Category:Freshwater fish of Brazil Category:Freshwater fish of Peru Category:Freshwater fish of Venezuela Category:Fish described in 1876 Category:Taxa named by Franz Steindachner