Protocheirodon

{{Short description|Genus of fishes}} {{Speciesbox | image = Protocheirodon pi.jpg | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite iucn |author=Carvajal-Vallejos, F.M. |year=2023 |title=''Protocheirodon pi'' |article-number=e.T49829930A53817618 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T49829930A53817618.en |access-date=21 January 2025}}</ref> | parent_authority = Vari, B. F. Melo & C. de Oliveira, 2016 <ref name=Vari2016>{{cite journal |author=Vari, R.P.|author2= Melo, B.F. |author3= Oliveira, C. |year=2016|title= ''Protocheirodon'', a new genus of Characidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) with the redescription of the poorly known ''Protocheirodon pi'' |journal=Neotropical Ichthyology|volume= 14 |issue=2|article-number= e150154|doi= 10.1590/1982-0224-20150154 |hdl= 11449/161789|hdl-access= free}}</ref> | display_parents = 2 | taxon = Protocheirodon pi | authority = (Vari, 1978)<ref name = "Cof family">{{Cof family|family=Cheirodontinae|access-date=27 September 2025}}</ref> | synonyms = ''Leptagoniates pi'' <small>Vari, 1978</small> | synonyms_ref = <ref name = "Cof genus">{{Cof genus|genus=Protocheirodon|access-date=28 September 2025}}</ref> }}

'''''Protocheirodon''''' is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Characidae.<ref name = "Cof family"/> The only species in the genus is '''''Protocheirodon pi''''', a characin found in Amazonas-Solimões, Purus, Madeira and Ucayali rivers.<ref name=Vari2016/>

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Category:Cheirodontinae Category:Fish of South America Category:Monotypic fish genera Category:Fish described in 1978 Category:Taxa named by Richard Peter Vari