Biology:Andromakhe
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Andromakhe | |
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| Andromakhe saguazu | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Stethaprioninae |
| Genus: | Andromakhe Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020 |
Andromakhe is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes.
They are all endemic to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Uruguay,[1] where they are locally called Mojarra.
Taxonomy and systematics
This genus was erected in 2020.[2] The species were formerly allocated to Astyanax.
Species
There are five recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Andromakhe stenohalina Andromakhe latens
- (Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2004) (Azpelicueta, Almirón & Casciotta, 2002)
- (Messner, 1962) Andromakhe tupi
- Andromakhe saguazu (Azpelicueta, Mirande, Almirón & Casciotta, 2003)
- Andromakhe paris (Casciotta, Almirón & Azpelicueta, 2003)
References
- ↑ "Andromakhe gen.nov. – 5 comb.nov. from Astyanax". 2020. https://pecescriollos.de/de/andromakhe-gen-nov-5-comb-nov-from-astyanax/.
- ↑ Guillermo E. Terán; Mauricio F. Benitez; J. Marcos Mirande (2020). "Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of Astyanax, two new genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (4): 1217–1234. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa019.
- ↑ Bailly, Nicolas (2021). "Andromakhe Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1524766.
Wikidata ☰ Q97126583 entry
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