Salminus
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| Salminus franciscanus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Bryconidae |
| Subfamily: | Salmininae Cockerell, 1915[1] |
| Genus: | Salminus Agassiz, 1829[2] |
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| Hydrocyon brevidens | |
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Salminus, popularly known as dorado or dourado, is a genus of relatively large (up to 1.3–1.4 m or 4.3–4.6 ft long[3][4]), predatory freshwater fish from the family Bryconidae, of which they are the only members of the subfamily Salmininae.[5] They are native to large tropical and subtropical rivers in South America, and undertake migrations during the rainy season to spawn.[6] They are very popular among recreational anglers and also support important commercial fisheries.[6]
Species
[edit]Significant taxonomic confusion has surrounded this genus, and until a review in 1990, several additional species were recognised (most of these are junior synonyms of S. brasiliensis).[7] Although known for more than 150 years, S. franciscanus was only scientifically described in 2007.[6] The following valid species are recognised:[8]
- Salminus affinis Steindachner, 1880
- Salminus brasiliensis (G. Cuvier, 1816) (dorado/golden dorado)
- Salminus franciscanus Lima & Britski, 2007
- Salminus hilarii Valenciennes, 1850
- Salminus iquitensis (Nakashima, 1941)
- †Salminus noriegai Cione & Azpelicueta, 2013[9]
- Salminus santosi Lima, 2022
† = extinct
References
[edit]- ↑ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Salmininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ Fishing World-records: Salminus brasiliensis. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
- ↑ Fishing World-records: Salminus franciscanus. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bryconidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- 1 2 3 Lima, F. C. T.; H. A. Britski (2007). "Salminus franciscanus, a new species from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 5 (3): 237–244. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252007000300001.
- ↑ Géry, J.; L. Lauzanne (1990). "Les types des espèces du genre Salminus Agassiz, 1829 (Ostariophysi, Characidae) du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris". Cybium. 14 (2): 113–124.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Salminus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ Alberto Luis Cione and María de las Mercedes Azpelicueta (2013). "The First Fossil Species of Salminus, a conspicuous South American freshwater predatory fish (Teleostei, Characiformes), found in the Miocene of Argentina" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1051–1060. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33.1051C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.769000.
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