Biology:Tetragonopterus
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Tetragonopterus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Characidae.[1] This fishes in this genus are found in South America.
It is the only genus in the subfamily Tetragonopterinae. The subfamily was originally much larger as previously defined, and contained many of the genera known as "tetras".[2] The name "tetra" derives from this former classification.[3]
Species
Tetragonopterus contains the following valid species;[4]
- Tetragonopterus anostomus G. S. C. Silva & Benine, 2011
- G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2013 Melo, Benine, Mariguela & Oliveira, 2011
- (Géry, 1965) Tetragonopterus juruena
- Tetragonopterus chalceus G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016
- Tetragonopterus argenteus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
- G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016 Tetragonopterus manaos
- Tetragonopterus denticulatus Urbanski, Melo, G. S. C. Silva & Benine 2018
- Tetragonopterus araguaiensis Cuvier, 1816
- G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2013 G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016
- Tetragonopterus rarus Tetragonopterus franciscoensis
- (Zarske, Géry & Isbrücker, 2004) Tetragonopterus carvalhoi
- G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016 Tetragonopterus ommatus
- Tetragonopterus kuluene Tetragonopterus georgiae
References
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedCof family - ↑ Mirande, Juan Marcos (2019). "Morphology, molecules and the phylogeny of Characidae (Teleostei, Characiformes)" (in en). Cladistics 35 (3): 282–300. doi:10.1111/cla.12345. ISSN 1096-0031. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/cla.12345.
- ↑ "Tetra | Freshwater, Care & Breeding | Britannica" (in en). https://www.britannica.com/animal/tetra.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Species in the genus Tetragonopterus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=species&genus=Tetragonopterus.
Wikidata ☰ Q293173 entry
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