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Silver Brycon

Brycon alburnus (Günther, 1860)

Status not recordedbony fish

The silver brycon (Brycon alburnus) is a species in the family Bryconidae, order Characiformes.

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Quick facts about the silver brycon

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the silver brycon live?

Not recorded

Is the silver brycon endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the silver brycon classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderCharaciformes
  5. familyBryconidae
  6. genusBrycon
  7. SpeciesBrycon alburnus (Günther, 1860)

Synonyms Brycon acutus, Chalceus alburnus

Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • brykon ouklejovitýCzech
  • Острохвостый бриконRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the silver brycon

Other species in the same genus Brycon.

Nipon

Brycon falcatus

BryconidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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What kind of animal is the silver brycon?

The silver brycon (Brycon alburnus) belongs to the family Bryconidae in the order Characiformes.

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Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Silver Brycon (Brycon alburnus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-brycon

MLA

“Silver Brycon (Brycon alburnus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-brycon.

BibTeX
@misc{silver_brycon_2026,
  title = {Silver Brycon (Brycon alburnus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/silver-brycon},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}