Characidium

Characidium
Characidium fasciatum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Crenuchidae
Genus:	Characidium J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Type species
Characidium fasciatum J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Synonyms
Chorimycterus Cope, 1894 Jobertina Pellegrin, 1909 Microcharax Eigenmann, 1909 Nanognathus Boulenger, 1895 Poecilosomatops Fowler, 1906

Characidium is a genus of South American darters. They are mainly found in South America, but one species C. marshi is from Panama.

Species

There are currently 64 recognized species in this genus:

• Characidium alipioi Travassos, 1955
• Characidium amaila Lujan, Agudelo-Zamora, Taphorn, Booth & López-Fernández, 2013 ^[1]
• Characidium bahiense V. G. Almeida, 1971
• Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941
• Characidium boavistae Steindachner, 1915
• Characidium boehlkei Géry, 1972
• Characidium bolivianum N. E. Pearson, 1924
• Characidium borellii (Boulenger, 1895)
• Characidium brevirostre Pellegrin, 1909
• Characidium caucanum C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Characidium chupa L. P. Schultz, 1944
• Characidium crandellii Steindachner, 1915
• Characidium declivirostre Steindachner, 1915
• Characidium deludens Zanata & Camelier, 2015 ^[2]
• Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872
• Characidium etzeli Zarske & Géry, 2001
• Characidium fasciatum J. T. Reinhardt, 1867 (Darter characin)
• Characidium gomesi Travassos, 1956
• Characidium grajahuensis Travassos, 1944
• Characidium hasemani Steindachner, 1915
• Characidium heinianum Zarske & Géry, 2001
• Characidium heirmostigmata da Graça & Pavanelli, 2008
• Characidium helmeri Zanata, Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2015 ^[3]
• Characidium interruptum Pellegrin, 1909
• Characidium japuhybense Travassos, 1949
• Characidium kamakan Zanata & Camelier, 2015 ^[2]
• Characidium lagosantense Travassos, 1947
• Characidium lanei Travassos, 1967
• Characidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895)
• Characidium lauroi Travassos, 1949
• Characidium litorale Leitão & Buckup, 2014 ^[4]
• Characidium longum Taphorn, C. G. Montaña & Buckup, 2006
• Characidium macrolepidotum (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
• Characidium marshi Breder, 1925
• Characidium mirim Netto-Ferreira, Birindelli & Buckup, 2013 ^[5]
• Characidium nana M. B. Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015 ^[6]
• Characidium nupelia da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
• Characidium occidentale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
• Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967
• Characidium orientale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
• Characidium papachibe L. A. W. Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2013 ^[7]
• Characidium pellucidum C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
• Characidium phoxocephalum C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Characidium pteroides C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
• Characidium pterostictum A. L. Gomes, 1947
• Characidium purpuratum Steindachner, 1882
• Characidium rachovii Regan, 1913
• Characidium roesseli Géry, 1965
• Characidium samurai Zanata & Camelier, 2014 ^[8]
• Characidium sanctjohanni Dahl, 1960
• Characidium satoi M. R. S. de Melo & Oyakawa, 2015 ^[9]
• Characidium schindleri Zarske & Géry, 2001
• Characidium schubarti Travassos, 1955
• Characidium serrano Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
• Characidium steindachneri Cope, 1878
• Characidium stigmosum M. R. S. de Melo & Buckup, 2002
• Characidium summus Zanata & Ohara, 2015 ^[10]
• Characidium tenue (Cope, 1894)
• Characidium timbuiense Travassos, 1946
• Characidium vestigipinne Buckup & L. Hahn, 2000
• Characidium vidali Travassos, 1967
• Characidium xanthopterum Silveira, Langeani, da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
• Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
• Characidium zebra C. H. Eigenmann, 1909

References

1. Lujan, N.K., Agudelo-Zamora, H., Taphorn, D.C., Booth, P.N. & López-Fernández, H. (2013): Description of a New, Narrowly Endemic South American Darter (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Guiana Shield Highlands of Guyana. Copeia, 2013 (3): 454-463.
2. Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2015): Two new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from northeastern Brazilian coastal drainages. Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 487-498.
3. Zanata, A.M., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2015): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from coastal rivers in the extreme south of Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4040 (3): 371–383.
4. Leitão, R.P. & Buckup, P.A. (2014): A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Coastal Basins of Serra do Mar, Southeastern Brazil. Copeia, 2014 (1): 14-22.
5. Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L. & Buckup. P.A. (2013): A new miniature species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the headwaters of the rio Araguaia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 3664 (3): 361–368.
6. Mendonça, M.B. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2015): New species of Characidium (Characiformes:Crenuchidae) from the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu drainages, Pará, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4021 (1): 187-194.
7. Peixoto, L.A.W. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2013): A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Lower Amazon. Copeia, 2013 (1): 52-57.
8. Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2014): A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from small coastal drainages in northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the pseudotympanum of some species of the genus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 333-342.
9. Melo, M.R.S. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2015): A New Species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes, Crenuchidae) with a Distinctively Dimorphic Male. Copeia, 103 (2): 281-289.
10. Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M. (2015): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from headwaters of rio Pacaás Novos, rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4021 (2): 368-376.