Biology:Nannocharax

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Nannocharax
Nannocharax niloticus.jpg
Nannocharax niloticus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Distichodontidae
Genus: Nannocharax
Günther, 1867
Type species
Nannocharax fasciatus
Günther, 1867
Synonyms
  • Lepinannocharax Fowler, 1936

Nannocharax is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes found in Africa.

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:

  • Nannocharax altus Pellegrin, 1930
  • Nannocharax ansorgii Boulenger, 1911
  • Nannocharax brevis Boulenger, 1902
  • Nannocharax dageti Jerep, Vari & Vreven, 2014 [1]
  • Nannocharax elongatus Boulenger, 1900
  • Nannocharax fasciatus Günther, 1867
  • Nannocharax fasciolaris Nichols & Boulton (fi), 1927
  • Nannocharax gracilis Poll, 1939
  • Nannocharax hastatus Jerep & Vari, 2014 [2]
  • Nannocharax hollyi Fowler, 1936
  • Nannocharax intermedius Boulenger, 1903
  • Nannocharax latifasciatus Coenen & Teugels, 1989
  • Nannocharax lineomaculatus Blache & Miton, 1960
  • Nannocharax luapulae Boulenger, 1915
  • Nannocharax macropterus Pellegrin, 1926 (Broad-barred citharine)
  • Nannocharax maculicauda Vari & Géry, 1981
  • Nannocharax micros Fowler, 1936
  • Nannocharax niloticus Joannis, 1835
  • Nannocharax occidentalis Daget, 1959
  • Nannocharax ogoensis Pellegrin, 1911
  • Nannocharax parvus Pellegrin, 1906
  • Nannocharax procatopus Boulenger, 1920
  • Nannocharax pteron Fowler, 1936
  • Nannocharax reidi Vari & Ferraris, 2004
  • Nannocharax rubrolabiatus Van den Bergh, Teugels, Coenen & Ollevier, 1995
  • Nannocharax schoutedeni Poll, 1939
  • Nannocharax signifer Moritz, 2010
  • Nannocharax taenia Boulenger, 1902
  • Nannocharax usongo Dunz & Schliewen, 2009
  • Nannocharax zebra Dunz & Schliewen, 2009

References

  1. Jerep, F.C., Vari, R.P. & Vreven, E. (2014): Nannocharax dageti, a new distichodontid from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia (Teleostei: Characiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) [2013]: 361-369.
  2. Jerep, F.C. & Vari, R.P. (2014): New Species of Nannocharax (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from the Northwestern Congo River Basin, with an Appraisal of Hemigrammocharax. Copeia, 2014 (1): 44–49.

Wikidata ☰ Q48382 entry