Biology:Andromakhe
Andromakhe is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. These fishes are endemic to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Uruguay,[1] where they are locally called Mojarra.
Taxonomy and systematics
Andromahke was first proposed as a genus in 2004 by Guillermo Enrique Terán, Mauricio F. Benítez and Juan Marcos Mirande with Astyanax latens designated as its type species.[2] The species classified within this genus were previously classified in the genus Astyanax.[3] This genus is classified in the subfamily Acestrorhamphinae in the American characin family Acestrorhamphidae.[2] This family belongs to the suborder Characoidei of the order Characiformes.[4]
Species
There are four recognized species in this genus:[3]
- (Messner, 1962) (Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2004)
- (Azpelicueta, Mirande, Almirón & Casciotta, 2003) Andromakhe paris
- Andromakhe latens (Azpelicueta, Almirón & Casciotta, 2002)
- Andromakhe stenohalina Andromakhe tupi
References
- ↑ "Andromakhe gen.nov. – 5 comb.nov. from Astyanax". 2020. https://pecescriollos.de/de/andromakhe-gen-nov-5-comb-nov-from-astyanax/.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCof family - ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Andromakhe". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Andromakhe.
- ↑ R. Fricke; W. N. Eschmeyer (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION" (in en). https://www.calacademy.org/eschmeyers-catalog-of-fishes-classification.
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