Glandulocauda

Glandulocauda
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Glandulocauda C. H. Eigenmann, 1911

Glandulocauda is a genus of characins endemic to Brazil.^[1]

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Glandulocauda caerulea Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2009
Glandulocauda melanopleura (M. D. Ellis, 1911)

References

1 2 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.

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