Gephyrocharax
| Gephyrocharax | |
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| Gephyrocharax melanocheir | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
| Genus: | Gephyrocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912[1] |
| Type species | |
| Gephyrocharax chocoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Gephyrocharax is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and Panama.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Gephyrocharax atracaudatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1912)
- Gephyrocharax caucanus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Gephyrocharax chocoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Gephyrocharax intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
- Gephyrocharax machadoi Ferreira, Faria, Ribeiro, Santana, Quagio-Grassioto & Menezes, 2018
- Gephyrocharax major G. S. Myers, 1929
- Gephyrocharax martae Dahl, 1943
- Gephyrocharax melanocheir C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Gephyrocharax sinuensis Dahl, 1964
- Gephyrocharax torresi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta, Mirande & García Gonzáles, 2013 [4]
- Gephyrocharax valencia C. H. Eigenmann, 1920
- Gephyrocharax venezuelae L. P. Schultz, 1944
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G.; Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1): 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gephyrocharax". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ↑ Vanegas-Ríos, J.A.; Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M.; Mirande, J.M.; García Gonzales, M.D. (2013). "Gephyrocharax torresi (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae), a new species from the río Cascajales basin, río Magdalena system, Colombia". Neotropical Ichthyology. 11 (2): 275–284. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252013000200005. hdl:11336/3446.
- Vanegas-Ríos, J.A. (2016). "Taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Gephyrocharax Eigenmann, 1912 (Characiformes, Characidae, Stevardiinae)". Zootaxa. 4100 (1): 1–92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4100.1.1. hdl:11336/54353. PMID 27394606.
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