Lebiasina
| Lebiasina | |
|---|---|
| Lebiasina sp. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Lebiasinidae |
| Subfamily: | Lebiasininae |
| Genus: | Lebiasina Valenciennes, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Lebiasina bimaculata Valenciennes, 1847 | |
Lebiasina is a genus of fishes found in tropical South America, where they inhabit well-oxygenated upland streams that originate in the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, the Guianan Highlands in Brazil, Guyana and Venezuela, and Serra do Cachimbo in Brazil. The individual species tend to have relatively small ranges and the three species of Serra do Cachimbo, all restricted to the Curuá River basin, are considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.
They are elongated fish that reach up to 16 cm (6.3 in) in standard length.
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