- Source: Bario steindachneri
Bario steindachneri is a species of characin from Brazil and Peru. It is the only member of the genus Bario. It is found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range in a tropical climate.
Bario steindachneri can reach the maximum recorded length of about 9 cm (3.5 in) as an unsexed male. It is found in the Amazon River basin of South America.
The fish is named in honor of Austrian ichthyologist Franz Steindachner (1834-1919), who originally described this species in 1891 but unwittingly used a name that already been used.
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Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bario steindachneri". FishBase. October 2011 version.
