Hypomasticus
| Hypomasticus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Genus: | Hypomasticus Borodin, 1929 |
| Type species | |
| Leporinus mormyrops Steindachner, 1875 | |
Hypomasticus is a genus of headstander native to tropical South America.[1]
Species
There are currently eight recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
- Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)
- Hypomasticus garmani (Borodin, 1929)
- Hypomasticus julii (dos Santos, Jégu & A. C. Lima, 1996)
- Hypomasticus lineomaculatus Birindelli, L. A. W. Peixoto, Wosiacki & Britski, 2013[2]
- Hypomasticus megalepis (Günther, 1863)
- Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner, 1875)
- Hypomasticus pachycheilus (Britski, 1976)
- Hypomasticus thayeri (Borodin, 1929)
References
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Hypomasticus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
- 1 2 Birindelli, J.L.O., Peixoto, L.A.W., Wosiacki, W.B. & Britski, H.A. (2013) New Species of Hypomasticus Borodin, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from Tributaries of the Lower Rio Amazonas, Brazil. Copeia, 2013 (3): 464-469.
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