Hemigrammus

Hemigrammus
Hemigrammus hyanuary
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Hemigrammus T. N. Gill, 1858

Hemigrammus elegans

Hemigrammus is a genus of characins from South America, including Trinidad. A few of these species are popular aquarium fish.

Species

There are currently 59 recognized species in this genus:

• Hemigrammus aereus Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus analis Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus arua F. C. T. Lima, Wosiacki & C. S. Ramos, 2009
• Hemigrammus ataktos Marinho, D'Agosta & Birindelli, 2014 ^[1]
• Hemigrammus barrigonae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
• Hemigrammus bellottii Steindachner, 1882
• Hemigrammus bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986 (Firehead tetra)
• Hemigrammus boesemani Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus brevis Durbin, 1911
• Hemigrammus coeruleus Durbin, 1908
• Hemigrammus cupreus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus diagonicus Mendonça & Wosiacki, 2011
• Hemigrammus durbinae Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2015 ^[2]
• Hemigrammus elegans Steindachner, 1882
• Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 (Glowlight tetra)
• Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 ^[3]
• Hemigrammus filamentosus Zarske, 2011
• Hemigrammus geisleri Zarske & Géry, 2007
• Hemigrammus gracilis Lütken, 1875
• Hemigrammus guyanensis Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus haraldi Géry, 1961
• Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918 (Costello tetra)
• Hemigrammus iota Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus levis Durbin, 1908
• Hemigrammus luelingi Géry, 1964
• Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus machadoi Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2014 ^[4]
• Hemigrammus mahnerti Uj & Géry, 1989
• Hemigrammus marginatus Durbin, 1911
• Hemigrammus matei C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
• Hemigrammus maxillaris Fowler, 1932
• Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945
• Hemigrammus melanochrous Fowler, 1913
• Hemigrammus micropterus Meek, 1907
• Hemigrammus microstomus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus mimus J. E. Böhlke, 1955
• Hemigrammus neptunus Zarske & Géry, 2002
• Hemigrammus newboldi Fernández-Yépez, 1949
• Hemigrammus ocellifer Steindachner, 1882 (Head-and-taillight tetra)
• Hemigrammus ora Zarske, Le Bail & Géry, 2006
• Hemigrammus orthus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus parana Marinho, F. R. de Carvalho, Langeani & Tatsumi, 2008
• Hemigrammus pretoensis Géry, 1965
• Hemigrammus pulcher Ladiges, 1938 (Garnet tetra)
• Hemigrammus rhodostomus C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Rummy-nose tetra)
• Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 (Gold tetra)
• Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Zarske, 2015 ^[3]
• Hemigrammus schmardae Steindachner, 1882
• Hemigrammus silimoni Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2008
• Hemigrammus skolioplatus Bertaco & T. P. Carvalho, 2005
• Hemigrammus stictus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus taphorni Benine & G. A. M. Lopes, 2007
• Hemigrammus tocantinsi F. R. de Carvalho, Bertaco & Jerep, 2010
• Hemigrammus tridens C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
• Hemigrammus ulreyi Boulenger, 1895
• Hemigrammus unilineatus T. N. Gill, 1858 (Featherfin tetra)
• Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri Géry, 1963
• Hemigrammus yinyang F. C. T. Lima & Sousa, 2009

References

1. Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2014): Hemigrammus ataktos: a new species from the rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 257-264.
2. Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2015): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins. Zootaxa, 3948 (2): 218–232.
3. Zarske, A. (2015). "Hemigrammus rubrostriatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae)" (PDF). Vertebrate Zoology 65 (1): 3–14.
4. Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2014): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira and rio Paraguai basins, with a redescription of H. lunatus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 265-279.