Moenkhausia
Moenkhausia | |
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Moenkhausia lepidura | |
Moenkhausia pittieri | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
Genus: | Moenkhausia C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 |
Type species | |
Tetragonopterus xinguensis Steindachner, 1882
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Synonyms | |
Gymnotichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1950 |
Moenkhausia is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to tropical and subtropical South America. These are medium-sized tetras where the largest species only reach around 12 cm (4.7 in).[1]
The diamond tetra and red-eye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus.[2][3]
Species[]
There are currently 90 recognized species in this genus:
- & , 2016 [4]
- Steindachner, 1915
- Géry, 1965
- & , 2015 [5]
- (Fowler, 1907)
- , & , 2011 [6]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 [7]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Soares, Lima, Bastos & Rapp Py-Daniel, 2019 [8]
- , & , 2004
- & , 2016 [7]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
- (C. G. E. Ahl, 1931) [9]
- & , 2010 [10]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- , & , 2010 [11]
- (Günther, 1864)
- (Steindachner, 1882)
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- & , 2016 [12]
- (Steindachner, 1882)
- , & , 2007
- (Steindachner, 1907)
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- N. E. Pearson, 1929
- , & , 2011 [13]
- , & , 2007
- (Kner, 1858)
- & , 2001
- & Géry, 2002
- Géry, 1964
- , 2010 [14]
- , & , 2009
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845)
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
- Géry & , 2004
- Géry, 1965
- , & , 2007
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Géry, 1992
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- & , 2015 [5]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 [5]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 [5]
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia lepidura (Kner, 1858) [9]
- , 2002
- , & , 2015 [15]
- & , 2001
- Géry, 1992
- & Géry, 2001
- (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Steindachner, 1915
- & , 2010 [16]
- Géry, & , 1995
- , , & , 2016 [17]
- & , 2016 [18]
- J. E. Böhlke, 1958
- , 1964
- , 1994
- (Günther, 1864)
- Fowler, 1943
- (Günther, 1868)
- & , 2006
- & , 2016 [19]
- & , 2006
- , 1979
- , & , 2010 [20]
- Moenkhausia pittieri C. H. Eigenmann, 1920
- , & , 2010 [11]
- , 1994
- Géry, 1964
- & , 2014 [21]
- Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907)
- , 1950
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
- (C. H. Eigenmann, 1924)
- & , 2015 [5]
- Géry, 1965
- Géry, 1964
- & , 1999
- , 1929
- & , 2015 [22]
- , & , 2016 [23]
- (Castelnau, 1855) [24]
- (Steindachner, 1882)
References[]
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Moenkhausia in FishBase. March 2017 version.
- ^ SeriouslyFish: Moenkhausia pittieri. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ SeriouslyFish: Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
- ^ Oliveira, G.D. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4093 (4): 566–574.
- ^ a b c d e Petrolli, M.G. & Benine, R.C. (2015): Description of three new species of Moenkhausia (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae) with the definition of the Moenkhausia jamesi species complex. Zootaxa, 3986 (4): 401–420.
- ^ Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C. & Carvalho, F.R. (2011): A new characid fish, Moenkhausia aurantia (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 2934: 29-38.
- ^ a b Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Benine, R.C. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Içá River, Amazon Basin, northern Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 92 (2): 203–209.
- ^ Soares, Isabel M.; Lima, Flávio C. T.; Bastos, Douglas A.; Py-Daniel, Lucia H. Rapp (2019-05-01). "A New Species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Upper Rio Negro Basin, Brazil". Copeia. 107 (2): 232–238. doi:10.1643/CI-18-149. ISSN 0045-8511.
- ^ a b Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2016): Reconciling more than 150 years of taxonomic confusion: the true identity of Moenkhausia lepidura, with a key to the species of the M. lepidura group (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 338-352.
- ^ Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2010): Moenkhausia celibela: a new species from the Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 77 (4): 879–889.
- ^ a b Sousa, L.M., Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2010): Two new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Northern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8 (2): 255-264.
- ^ Soares, I.M. & Bührnheim, C.M. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4208 (4): 392-400.
- ^ Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C. & Carvalho, F.R. (2011): New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (1): 57-63.
- ^ Marinho, M.M.F. (2010): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8 (3): 655-659.
- ^ Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. (2015): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazi. Zootaxa, 4032 (4): 417–425.
- ^ Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2010): A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco basins (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2577: 57–68.
- ^ Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P., Camelier, P. & Lima, F.C.T. (2016): Description of a New Species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Upper Rio Tapajós Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 104 (1): 243-249.
- ^ Dagosta, F.C.P. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Arinos basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (2): e150052.
- ^ Ohara, W.M. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Machado at Chapada dos Parecis, rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e150041.
- ^ Zanata, A.M., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Moreira, C.R. (2010): New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu and Rio Tapajós basins, Brazil, with comments on a putative case of polymorphic Batesian mimicry. Journal of Fish Biology, 75 (10): 2615–2628.
- ^ Pastana, M.N.L. & Dagosta, F.C.P. (2014): Moenkhausia rubra, a new species from rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 389-396.
- ^ Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015): Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (2): 159-170.
- ^ Petrolli, M.G., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Benine, R.C. (2016): Moenkhausia venerei (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the rio Araguaia, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4105 (2): 159–170.
- ^ Silva, P.C. & Malabarba, L.R. (2016): Rediscovery of the holotype of Tetragonopterus vittatus Castelnau 1855, a senior synonym of Moenkhausia doceana (Steindachner 1887) (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 4132 (2): 269–271.
Categories:
- Characidae
- Fish of South America
- Freshwater fish genera
- Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann