Bario is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The glass tetra and redeye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus. Most of the species, except the formerly monotypic type species, were formerly classified in Moenkhausia.
Species Bario contains the following valid species: Bario australe C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 Bario cosmops F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007 Bario diktyotus F. C. T. Lima & Toledo-Piza, 2001 Bario forestii Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2009 Bario lineomaculatus D'Agosta, Marinho & Benine, 2015 Bario oligolepis (Günther, 1864) (Glass tetra) Bario sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) (Redeye tetra) Bario skolioplatus (Bertaco & Carvalho, 2005) Bario steindachneri (C. H. Eigenmann, 1893) Bario uirapuru Ohara & F. C. T. Lima, 2015
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