Tetragonopterus

Genus of fishes

Tetragonopterus
Tetragonopterus argenteus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Tetragonopterus
G. Cuvier, 1816
Type species
Tetragonopterus argenteus
G. Cuvier, 1816

Tetragonopterus is a genus of fish in the family Characidae native to South America.

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species of this genus:[1]

  • Tetragonopterus anostomus G. S. C. Silva & Benine, 2011 [2]
  • Tetragonopterus araguaiensis G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2013 [3]
  • Tetragonopterus argenteus G. Cuvier, 1816 [4]
  • Tetragonopterus carvalhoi B. F. Melo, Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2011 [5]
  • Tetragonopterus chalceus Agassiz, 1829 [4]
  • Tetragonopterus daguae Eigenmann, 1913
  • Tetragonopterus denticulatus G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2013 [3]
  • Tetragonopterus franciscoensis G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 [4]
  • Tetragonopterus georgiae (Géry, 1965) [4]
  • Tetragonopterus juruena G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 [4]
  • Tetragonopterus kuluene G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 [4]
  • Tetragonopterus manaos Urbanski, Melo, Silva & Benine, 2018 [6]
  • Tetragonopterus ommatus G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 [4]
  • Tetragonopterus rarus (Zarske, Géry & Isbrücker, 2004) [4]
  • Tetragonopterus signatus Burmeister, 1861

References

  1. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Tetragonopterus in FishBase. May 2024 version.
  2. ^ Silva, G.S.C. & Benine, R.C. (2011): A new species of Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes, Characidae, Tetragonopterinae) from the upper rio Araguaia, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 2911: 50–56.
  3. ^ a b Silva, G.S.C., Melo, B.F., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. (2013): Morphological and molecular evidence for two new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from central Brazil. Journal of Fish Biology, 82 (5): 1613-1631.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h Silva, G.S.C., Melo, B.F., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. (2016): Revision of the South American genus Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Characidae) with description of four new species. Zootaxa, 4200 (1): 1–46.
  5. ^ Melo, B.F., Benine, R.C., Mariguela, T.C. & Oliveira, C. (2011): A new species of Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes: Characidae: Tetragonopterinae) from the rio Jari, Amapá, northern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (1): 49-56.
  6. ^ Urbanski, B.Q., Melo, B.F., Silva, G.S.C. & Benine, R.C. (2018): A new species of Tetragonopterus (Characiformes: Characidae) from Central Amazon lowlands, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 16 (2).
Taxon identifiers
Tetragonopterus
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