Monotocheirodon
| Monotocheirodon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Diapominae |
| Genus: | Monotocheirodon C. H. Eigenmann & N. E. Pearson[1] |
| Type species | |
| Monotocheirodon pearsoni C. H. Eigenmann, 1924[1] | |
Monotocheirodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.
Species
[edit]Monotocheirodon contains the following valid species:[2]
- Monotocheirodon drilos Menezes, Weitzman & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2013
- Monotocheirodon duda Carvalho, Thomaz, Urbano-Bonilla & Prada-Pedreros, 2024
- Monotocheirodon kontos Menezes, Weitzman & Quagio-Grassiotto, 2013
- Monotocheirodon pearsoni C. H. Eigenmann, 1924
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapominae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Monotocheirodon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
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