Moenkhausia
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| Moenkhausia lepidura | |
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| Moenkhausia pittieri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Moenkhausia C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 |
Moenkhausia is a genus of South American tetras in the family Characidae. The diamond tetra and red-eye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus.
Species
Moenkhausia browni
Moenkhausia copei
Moenkhausia ceros
There are currently 81 recognized species of this genus:
- Moenkhausia affinis Steindachner, 1915
- Moenkhausia agnesae Géry, 1965
- Moenkhausia alesis Petrolli & Benine, 2015 [1]
- Moenkhausia atahualpiana (Fowler, 1907)
- Moenkhausia aurantia Bertaco, Jerep & F. R. de Carvalho, 2011 [2]
- Moenkhausia barbouri C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia bonita Benine, R. M. C. Castro & Sabino, 2004
- Moenkhausia browni C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
- Moenkhausia celibela Marinho & Langeani, 2010
- Moenkhausia ceros C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia chlorophthalma L. M. de Sousa, Netto-Ferreira & Birindelli, 2010
- Moenkhausia chrysargyrea (Günther, 1864)
- Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Moenkhausia comma C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia copei (Steindachner, 1882)
- Moenkhausia cosmops F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007
- Moenkhausia costae (Steindachner, 1907)
- Moenkhausia cotinho C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia crisnejas N. E. Pearson, 1929
- Moenkhausia dasalmas Bertaco, Jerep & F. R. de Carvalho, 2011
- Moenkhausia diamantina Benine, R. M. C. Castro & A. C. A. Santos, 2007
- Moenkhausia dichroura (Kner, 1858) (Band-tail tetra)
- Moenkhausia diktyota F. C. T. Lima & Toledo-Piza, 2001
- Moenkhausia doceana (Steindachner, 1877) [3]
- Moenkhausia dorsinuda Zarske & Géry, 2002
- Moenkhausia eigenmanni Géry, 1964
- Moenkhausia eurystaenia Marinho, 2010
- Moenkhausia forestii Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2009
- Moenkhausia georgiae Géry, 1965
- Moenkhausia gracilima C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia grandisquamis (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845)
- Moenkhausia hasemani C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
- Moenkhausia heikoi Géry & Zarske, 2004
- Moenkhausia hemigrammoides Géry, 1965
- Moenkhausia hysterosticta P. H. F. Lucinda, L. R. Malabarba & Benine, 2007
- Moenkhausia icae C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia inrai Géry, 1992
- Moenkhausia intermedia C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia ischyognatha Petrolli & Benine, 2015 [1]
- Moenkhausia jamesi C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia justae C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia lata C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia latissima C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia lepidura (Kner, 1858)
- Moenkhausia levidorsa Benine, 2002
- Moenkhausia lineomaculata D'Agosta, Marinho & Benine, 2015 [4]
- Moenkhausia lopesi Britski & de Silimon, 2001
- Moenkhausia loweae Géry, 1992
- Moenkhausia margitae Zarske & Géry, 2001
- Moenkhausia megalops (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
- Moenkhausia melogramma C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Moenkhausia metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
- Moenkhausia miangi Steindachner, 1915
- Moenkhausia mikia Marinho & Langeani, 2010
- Moenkhausia moisae Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1995
- Moenkhausia naponis J. E. Böhlke, 1958
- Moenkhausia newtoni Travassos, 1964
- Moenkhausia nigromarginata W. J. E. M. Costa, 1994
- Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864) (Glass tetra)
- Moenkhausia orteguasae Fowler, 1943
- Moenkhausia ovalis (Günther, 1868)
- Moenkhausia pankilopteryx Bertaco & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2006
- Moenkhausia petymbuaba F. C. T. Lima & Birindelli, 2006
- Moenkhausia phaeonota W. L. Fink, 1979
- Moenkhausia pirauba Zanata, Birindelli & C. L. R. Moreira, 2010
- Moenkhausia pittieri C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 (Diamond tetra)
- Moenkhausia plumbea L. M. de Sousa, Netto-Ferreira & Birindelli, 2010
- Moenkhausia pyrophthalma W. J. E. M. Costa, 1994
- Moenkhausia robertsi Géry, 1964
- Moenkhausia rubra Pastana & D'Agosta, 2014 [5]
- Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) (Red-eye tetra)
- Moenkhausia schultzi Fernández-Yépez, 1950
- Moenkhausia shideleri C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
- Moenkhausia simulata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1924)
- Moenkhausia sthenosthoma Petrolli & Benine, 2015 [1]
- Moenkhausia surinamensis Géry, 1965
- Moenkhausia takasei Géry, 1964 (Black-jacket tetra)
- Moenkhausia tergimacula Z. M. S. de Lucena & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1999
- Moenkhausia tridentata Holly, 1929
- Moenkhausia uirapuru Ohara & F. C. T. Lima, 2015 [6]
- Moenkhausia xinguensis (Steindachner, 1882)
References
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- 1 2 3 Petrolli, M.G. & Benine, R.C. (2015): Description of three new species of Moenkhausia (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae) with the definition of the Moenkhausia jamesi species complex. Zootaxa, 3986 (4): 401–420.
- ↑ Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C. & Carvalho, F.R. (2011): A new characid fish, Moenkhausia aurantia (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), from the upper Rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 2934: 29-38.
- ↑ Carvalho, F.R., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2014): Redescription of Moenkhausia doceana (Steindachner, 1877) (Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a characid from the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 377-388.
- ↑ Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. (2015): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4032 (4): 417–425.
- ↑ Pastana, M.N.L. & Dagosta, F.C.P. (2014): Moenkhausia rubra, a new species from rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 389-396.
- ↑ Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015). "Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (2): 159–170.
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