Pterobrycon
| Pterobrycon | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
| Genus: | Pterobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1913[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pterobrycon landoni C. H. Eigenmann, 1913[1] | |
Pterobrycon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in Colombia and Costa Rica.[2]
Species
[edit]Pterobrycon contains the following valid species:[3]
- Pterobrycon landoni C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
- Pterobrycon myrnae W. A. Bussing, 1974 (Semaphore tetra)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 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, (2015) 15: 146.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pterobrycon". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
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