Pseudocorynopoma
| Pseudocorynopoma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
| Genus: | Pseudocorynopoma Perugia, 1891[1] |
| Type species | |
| Pseudocorynopoma doriae Perugia, 1891[1]
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| Species | |
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3, see text | |
Pseudocorynopoma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.[2]
Species
There are currently 3 recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Pseudocorynopoma doriae Perugia, 1891 - Dragon-fin tetra
- Pseudocorynopoma heterandria C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
- Pseudocorynopoma stanleyi L. R. Malabarba, Chuctaya, Hirschmann, Oliveira & Thomaz, 2020[4]
References
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudocorynopoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 September 2025.
- ^ Malabarba, L. R.; Chuctaya, J.; Hirschmann, A.; Oliveira, E. B. & Thomaz, A. T. (2020). "Hidden or unnoticed? Multiple lines of evidence support the recognition of a new species of Pseudocorynopoma (Characidae: Corynopomini)". Journal of Fish Biology. 98 (1): 219–236. doi:10.1111/jfb.14572.