Biology:Hemiodontidae
The Hemiodontidae are a small family of freshwater characins found in northern South America, south to the Paraná-Paraguay Basin. The larger species are popular food fish.[1]
Hemiodontids have a streamlined body shape; many are fast-swimming, and are able to leap out of the water to escape predators. The adults of all species except Micromischodus sugillatus have no teeth on their lower jaws. Most species have a round spot on the side of the midbody and a stripe along the lower lobe of the caudal fin. The largest hemiodontids are around 50 cm (20 in) in length.[1]
Fossil remains of Hemiodus are known from the Middle Miocene-aged Pebas Formation of Peru.[2]
Genera
The family has around 29 known species, as well as several undescribed species, in five genera:[3]
- Anodus Cuvier, 1829
- Argonectes Böhlke & Myers, 1956
- Bivibranchia Eigenmann, 1912
- Hemiodus Müller, 1842
- Micromischodus Roberts, 1971
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Weitzman, S.H.; Vari, R.P. (1998). Paxton, J.R.. ed. Encyclopedia of Fishes. San Diego: Academic Press. p. 104. ISBN 0-12-547665-5.
- ↑ Carrillo-Briceño, Jorge D.; Aguilera, Orangel A.; Benites-Palomino, Aldo; Hsiou, Annie S.; Birindelli, José L. O.; Adnet, Sylvain; Cadena, Edwin-Alberto; Scheyer, Torsten M. (2021-12-20). "A historical vertebrate collection from the Middle Miocene of the Peruvian Amazon" (in en). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 140 (1): 26. doi:10.1186/s13358-021-00239-7. ISSN 1664-2384. Bibcode: 2021SwJP..140...26C.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Hemiodontidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Hemiodontidae.
- Nelson, Joseph S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7
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