Order Characiformes
Family Characidae (American Tetras)
Subfamily Aphyocharacinae
Genus Rachoviscus.
— Rachoviscus crassiceps [Myers, 1926]. Brazil. 4.5 cm, males are larger. Distantly resembles an ornate tetra. Body is deep, yellow-pink with a bluish-gray sheen. Dorsal, caudal, and pelvic fins are yellow in both sexes, acquiring reddish edges with age. Males have an anal fin with a larger surface area, colored reddish-brown on the lower margin. The male is brighter, larger, and more slender than the female.
Genus Xenagoniates.
— Xenagoniates bondi [Myers, 1942]. (Eng: Long Finned Glass Tetra). Colombia, Venezuela, Orinoco River basin. 6 cm. These fish are just as glassy and translucent, possessing an almost identical body contour to the glass catfish Kryptopterus bicirrhis, but lacking barbels. A coffee-golden stripe runs along the body. The female is plumper. Aggressive; these fish defend their territory against conspecifics. They nip the fins of other fish. During aquarium acclimatization, they hardly accept food and often perish.
Aphyocharax anisitsi, Aphyocharax alburnus, Aphyocharax dentatus.




