Biology:Hasemania
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Hasemania | |
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| Hasemania nana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Hasemania Durbin, 1911 |
Hasemania is a genus of characins endemic to Brazil , where only found in river basins that originate on the Brazilian Shield, ranging west to the Juruena system, north to the São Francisco system and south to the Paraná system.[1][2] The individual species generally have quite small ranges and two, H. crenuchoides and H. piatan, are considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.[3]
They are small fish, up to 2.7–7 cm (1.1–2.8 in) in standard length depending on the exact species.[1]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry, 1999
- Hasemania hanseni (Fowler, 1949)
- Hasemania kalunga Bertaco & F. R. de Carvalho, 2010
- Hasemania maxillaris Durbin, 1911
- Hasemania melanura Durbin, 1911 (Copper tetra)
- Hasemania nambiquara Bertaco & L. R. Malabarba, 2007
- Hasemania nana (Lütken, 1875) (Silvertip tetra)
- Hasemania piatan Zanata & J. P. Serra, 2010
- Hasemania uberaba J. P. Serra & Langeani, 2015
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Hasemania in FishBase. October 2018 version.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Serra, J.P. & Langeani, F. (2015): A new Hasemania Ellis from the upper rio Paraná basin, with the redescription of Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 479-486.
- ↑ ICMBio (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil): Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014 . Lista de Especies Ameaçadas - Saiba Mais. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
Wikidata ☰ Q148987 entry
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