Mimagoniates
| Mimagoniates | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae |
| Genus: | Mimagoniates Regan, 1907 |
| Synonyms | |
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Coelurichthys Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908 | |
Mimagoniates is a genus of tropical characid fish from Central and South America.[1][2] Commonly known as Croaking tetra or Chirping tetra because they can produce sounds, some of these fish were formerly included in Glandulocauda. They have a supplementary breathing organ located above the gills which makes a faint chirping sound when these fish come to the surface to gulp air. It also plays a role in courtship as the male chases and hovers near the female while taking gulps of air and expelling it to make a rhythmic noise.[1] Croaking behavior may have evolved from a behavior called "surface nipping", which occurs when the fish is searching for food. This gulping of air has no useful respiratory function.[1]
Species
There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Mimagoniates barberi Regan, 1907
- Mimagoniates inequalis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1911) (Croaking tetra)
- Mimagoniates lateralis (Nichols, 1913)
- Mimagoniates microlepis (Steindachner, 1877) (Blue tetra)
- Mimagoniates pulcher Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2009
- Mimagoniates rheocharis Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 1990
- Mimagoniates sylvicola Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 1990
References
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Mimagoniates in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- 1 2 Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., OrtÃ, 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.