| Pristella | |
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| Pristella maxillaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Pristella C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 |
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Pristella is a genus of fish in the family Characidae. It was formerly a monotypic taxon only containing Pristella maxillaris, but in 2019 a second species, Pristella ariporo, was described.[1]
- ^ Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian C.; Albornoz-Garzón, Juan G.; García-Melo, Jorge E.; Villa-Navarro, Francisco A.; Mirande, J. Marcos; Lima, Flávio C. T. (2019-08-28). "A New Pristella (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Orinoco Basin, Colombia, with a Redefinition of the Genus". Copeia. 107 (3): 439–446. doi:10.1643/CI-18-147. ISSN 0045-8511. S2CID 202850443.