Characidium lauroi is a fish in the family Crenuchidae.

[1] It is native to South America and is found in the middle and upper Paraíba do Sul River basin in Brazil.

[1] This species reaches a length of 7.1 cm (2.8 in).

[1] The fish is named in honor of the Travassos' father, a helminthologist-entomologist Lauro Travassos (1890–1970), who collected the holotype specimen.

This Characiformes-related article is a stub.