Hemiodus
| Hemiodus | |
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| Hemiodus quadrimaculatus | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Genus: | Hemiodus J. P. Müller, 1842
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Hemiodopsis | |
Hemiodus gracilis
Hemiodus is a genus of halftooths from South America with the greatest species richness in the Amazon Basin, but also found in the Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraná–Paraguay and Parnaíba River basins.[1] Depending on the species involved, these elongate fish reach a length of 7–30 cm (3–12 in).[1]
Species[]
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- (Humboldt, 1821)
- Pellegrin, 1909
- (Fowler, 1940)
- Steindachner, 1908
- Günther, 1864
- (Géry, 1964)
- Kner, 1858
- & , 2013 [3]
- , 2004
- & , 2012[1]
- Kner, 1858
- C. H. Eigenmann & , 1903
- C. H. Eigenmann & , 1916
- Pellegrin, 1909 (Barred hemiodus)
- Kner, 1858 (Halfline hemiodus)
- (Géry, 1964)
- G. S. Myers, 1927
- J. E. Böhlke, 1955
- , 1999
- (Bloch, 1794)
- (Géry, 1964)
References[]
- ^ a b c Beltrão, H. & Zuanon, J. (2012): Hemiodus langeanii (Characiformes: Hemiodontidae), a new species from rio Amana, rio Maués-Açú drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (2): 255-262.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Hemiodus in FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ Langeani, F. & Moreira, C.R. (2013): Hemiodus iratapuru, a new species of Hemiodontidae from the Rio Jari, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Teleostei, Characiformes). Journal of Fish Biology, 82 (4): 1259–1268.
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