Psalidodon togoi

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Psalidodon togoi is a small freshwater fish from Argentina. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1).

Scientific classification:
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Actinopterygii
- Order: Characiformes
- Family: Acestrorhamphidae
- Genus: Psalidodon
- Species: P. togoi
- Binomial name: Psalidodon togoi (Miquelarena & López, 2006)
- Synonym: Hyphessobrycon togoi (Miquelarena & López, 2006)

Description:
- A freshwater ray-finned fish that grows up to 6.8 cm. Females are slightly larger than males.
- Color is silver to shiny green with a horizontal green stripe from head to tail.
- It has a black humeral spot, and a second smaller humeral spot on the right side, which helps distinguish it from similar species like Psalidodon langeanii.

Habitat and behavior:
- Lives in ponds, marshes, and streams with lots of plants.
- Found in the lagoons of Chascomús and Lobos Partidos, and in the Matanza River (a polluted stream).

Distribution:
- Occurs in tributaries of the Río de la Plata and the Salado River in Argentina.

Population notes:
- Not very common.