title: Distocyclus
text: # Distocyclus
  
  Distocyclus is a genus of South American glass knifefishes, with one species in the Amazon basin and another in rivers in French Guiana.
  
  ## Species
  
  There are currently two recognized species in this genus. A third species has sometimes been recognized, but it is better placed in the genus Eigenmannia as E. goajira, although its exact taxonomic position is unresolved.
  
  * Distocyclus conirostris C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942
  * Distocyclus guchereauae Meunier, Jégu & Keith, 2014
  