title: Fluviphylax
text: # Fluviphylax
  
  Fluviphylax is a genus of tiny poeciliids native to the Amazon Basin, Orinoco Basin, and Oyapock Basin in South America.
  
  ## Species
  
  Five recognized species are placed in this genus:
  
  * Fluviphylax obscurus W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996
  * Fluviphylax palikur W. J. E. M. Costa & Le Bail, 1999
  * Fluviphylax pygmaeus (G. S. Myers & J. de P. Carvalho, 1955)
  * Fluviphylax simplex W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996
  * Fluviphylax zonatus W. J. E. M. Costa, 1996
  