Psalidodon
| Psalidodon | |
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| Psalidodon paranae | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Stethaprioninae
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| Genus: | Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911 |
| Synonyms | |
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Astyanax | |
Psalidodon is a
freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes. Some of these fish, like many of their relatives, are kept as aquarium pets and known collectively as tetras
.
They are all
freshwater habitats in South America
, where they are locally called Mojarra or Lambari.
Taxonomy and systematics
This genus was resurrected from
Species
These are the recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Psalidodon anisitsi(Eigenmann, 1907)
- Psalidodon bifasciatus (Garavello & Sampaio, 2010)
- Psalidodon bockmanni (Vari & Castro, 2007)
- Psalidodon chico (Casciotta & Almirón, 2004)
- Psalidodon correntinus (Holmberg, 1891)
- Psalidodon dissensus (Lucena & Thofehrn, 2013)[3]
- Psalidodon eigenmanniorum (Cope, 1894)
- Psalidodon endy (Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2006)
- Psalidodon erythropterus (Holmberg, 1891)
- Psalidodon fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)
- Psalidodon gymnodontus Eigenmann, 1911
- Psalidodon gymnogenys (Eigenmann, 1911)
- Psalidodon hermosus (Miquelarena, Protogino & López, 2005)
- Psalidodon ita (Almirón, Azpelicueta & Casciotta, 2002)
- Psalidodon jequitinhonhae (Steindachner, 1877)
- Psalidodon leonidas (Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Almirón, 2002)
- Psalidodon marionae (Eigenmann, 1911)
- Psalidodon ojiara (Azpelicueta & Garcia, 2000)
- Psalidodon pampa (Casciotta, Almirón & Azpelicueta, 2005)
- Psalidodon parahybae (Eigenmann, 1908)
- Psalidodon paranae (Eigenmann, 1914)
- Psalidodon pellegrini (Eigenmann, 1907)
- Psalidodon powelli (Terán, Butí & Mirande, 2017)
- Psalidodon puka (Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2007)
- Psalidodon pynandi (Casciotta, Almirón, Bechara, Roux & Ruíz Díaz, 2003)
- Psalidodon rioparanaibanus Alves, Oliveira, Pasa & Kavalco, 2020
- Psalidodon rivularis (Lütken, 1875)
- Psalidodon rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
- Psalidodon schubarti (Britski, 1964)
- Psalidodon troya (Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Almirón, 2002)
- Psalidodon tumbayaensis (Miquelarena & Menni, 2005)
- Psalidodon xavante (Garutti & Venere, 2009)
- Psalidodon xiru (Lucena, Castro & Bertaco, 2013)[3]
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References
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- ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2015). "Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
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Further reading
- Kavalco, Karine Frehner, Rubens Pazza, and Lurdes Foresti de Almeida-Toledo. "Astyanax bockmanni Vari and Castro, 2007: an ambiguous karyotype in the Astyanax genus." Genetica 136.1 (2009): 135–139.