Biology:Knodus

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

Bryconadenos Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & Burns, 2005

Knodus is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.[1][2]

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species of this genus:[1][3]

  • Knodus alpha (C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[2]
  • Knodus borki Zarske, 2008
  • Knodus breviceps (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
  • Knodus caquetae Fowler, 1945
  • Knodus chapadae (Fowler, 1906)
  • Knodus cinarucoense (Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008)[2]
  • Knodus delta Géry, 1972
  • Knodus deuterodonoides (C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[2]
  • Knodus dorsomaculatus K. M. Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2010
  • Knodus figueiredoi Esguícero & R. M. C. Castro, 2014[4]
  • Knodus gamma Géry, 1972
  • Knodus geryi F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2004
  • Knodus heteresthes (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
  • Knodus jacunda (Fowler, 1913)[2]
  • Knodus longus Zarske & Géry, 2006
  • Knodus megalops G. S. Myers, 1929
  • Knodus meridae C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
  • Knodus mizquae (Fowler, 1943)
  • Knodus moenkhausii (C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903)
  • Knodus nuptialis Menezes & Marinho, 2019[5]
  • Knodus orteguasae (Fowler, 1943)
  • Knodus pasco Zarske, 2007
  • Knodus savannensis Géry, 1961
  • Knodus septentrionalis Géry, 1972
  • Knodus shinahota K. M. Ferreira & Carvajal-Vallejos, 2007
  • Knodus smithi (Fowler, 1913)
  • Knodus tanaothoros (S. H. Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & J. R. Burns, 2005)[2]
  • Knodus tiquiensis K. M. Ferreira & F. C. T. Lima, 2006
  • Knodus victoriae (Steindachner, 1907)
  • Knodus weitzmani (Menezes, Netto-Ferreira & K. M. Ferreira, 2009)[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Knodus in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 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.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Knodus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Knodus. 
  4. Esguícero, A.L.H. & Castro, R.M.C. (2014): Knodus figueiredoi, a new characid from the Rio das Garças, upper Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomic limits of the genera Knodus and Bryconamericus (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 39-48.
  5. Menezes, N.A., and M.M.F. Marinho (2019). A New Species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with Comments on Nuptial Tubercles and Gill Gland in Characiform Fishes. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0217915. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217915

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