Biology:Glandulocauda

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Glandulocauda
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Glandulocauda
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911

Glandulocauda is a genus of small characin freshwater fish that are endemic to Brazil , where restricted to the upper Paraná basin and coastal river basins in São Paulo state.[1][2] The genus it is closely related to Lophiobrycon and Mimagoniates, and they form the tribe Glandulocaudini.[2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus.[1][2]

  • Glandulocauda caerulea Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2009
  • Glandulocauda melanopleura (M. D. Ellis, 1911)

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Glandulocauda in FishBase. December 2018 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 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.

Wikidata ☰ Q5566623 entry