Moenkhausia

Moenkhausia
Moenkhausia lepidura
Moenkhausia pittieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Moenkhausia C. H. Eigenmann, 1903
Synonyms
Gymnotichthys Fernández-Yépez, 1950

Moenkhausia is a genus of South American tetras in the family Characidae. The diamond tetra and red-eye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus.

Species

Moenkhausia browni

There are currently 86 recognized species of this genus:

• Moenkhausia abyss G. D. Oliveira & Marinho, 2016 ^[1]
• Moenkhausia affinis Steindachner, 1915
• Moenkhausia agnesae Géry, 1965
• Moenkhausia alesis Petrolli & Benine, 2015 ^[2]
• Moenkhausia atahualpiana (Fowler, 1907)
• Moenkhausia aurantia Bertaco, Jerep & F. R. de Carvalho, 2011 ^[3]
• Moenkhausia barbouri C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia bonita Benine, R. M. C. Castro & Sabino, 2004
• Moenkhausia browni C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
• Moenkhausia calliura (C. G. E. Ahl, 1931) ^[4]
• Moenkhausia celibela Marinho & Langeani, 2010
• Moenkhausia ceros C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia chlorophthalma L. M. de Sousa, Netto-Ferreira & Birindelli, 2010
• Moenkhausia chrysargyrea (Günther, 1864)
• Moenkhausia collettii (Steindachner, 1882)
• Moenkhausia comma C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia copei (Steindachner, 1882)
• Moenkhausia cosmops F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007
• Moenkhausia costae (Steindachner, 1907)
• Moenkhausia cotinho C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia crisnejas N. E. Pearson, 1929
• Moenkhausia dasalmas Bertaco, Jerep & F. R. de Carvalho, 2011
• Moenkhausia diamantina Benine, R. M. C. Castro & A. C. A. Santos, 2007
• Moenkhausia dichroura (Kner, 1858) (Band-tail tetra)
• Moenkhausia diktyota F. C. T. Lima & Toledo-Piza, 2001
• Moenkhausia doceana (Steindachner, 1877) ^[5]
• Moenkhausia dorsinuda Zarske & Géry, 2002
• Moenkhausia eigenmanni Géry, 1964
• Moenkhausia eurystaenia Marinho, 2010
• Moenkhausia forestii Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2009
• Moenkhausia georgiae Géry, 1965
• Moenkhausia gracilima C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia grandisquamis (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845)
• Moenkhausia hasemani C. H. Eigenmann, 1917
• Moenkhausia heikoi Géry & Zarske, 2004
• Moenkhausia hemigrammoides Géry, 1965
• Moenkhausia hysterosticta P. H. F. Lucinda, L. R. Malabarba & Benine, 2007
• Moenkhausia icae C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia inrai Géry, 1992
• Moenkhausia intermedia C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia ischyognatha Petrolli & Benine, 2015 ^[2]
• Moenkhausia jamesi C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia justae C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia lata C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia latissima C. H. Eigenmann, 1908

Moenkhausia ceros

• Moenkhausia lepidura (Kner, 1858) ^[4]
• Moenkhausia levidorsa Benine, 2002
• Moenkhausia lineomaculata D'Agosta, Marinho & Benine, 2015 ^[6]
• Moenkhausia lopesi Britski & de Silimon, 2001
• Moenkhausia loweae Géry, 1992
• Moenkhausia margitae Zarske & Géry, 2001
• Moenkhausia megalops (C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
• Moenkhausia melogramma C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Moenkhausia metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
• Moenkhausia miangi Steindachner, 1915
• Moenkhausia mikia Marinho & Langeani, 2010
• Moenkhausia moisae Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1995
• Moenkhausia monicae Marinho, D'Agosta, Camelier & F. C. T. Lima, 2016 ^[7]
• Moenkhausia naponis J. E. Böhlke, 1958
• Moenkhausia newtoni Travassos, 1964
• Moenkhausia nigromarginata W. J. E. M. Costa, 1994
• Moenkhausia oligolepis (Günther, 1864) (Glass tetra)
• Moenkhausia orteguasae Fowler, 1943
• Moenkhausia ovalis (Günther, 1868)
• Moenkhausia pankilopteryx Bertaco & P. H. F. Lucinda, 2006

Moenkhausia copei

• Moenkhausia parecis Ohara & Marinho, 2016 ^[8]
• Moenkhausia petymbuaba F. C. T. Lima & Birindelli, 2006
• Moenkhausia phaeonota W. L. Fink, 1979
• Moenkhausia pirauba Zanata, Birindelli & C. L. R. Moreira, 2010
• Moenkhausia pittieri C. H. Eigenmann, 1920 (Diamond tetra)
• Moenkhausia plumbea L. M. de Sousa, Netto-Ferreira & Birindelli, 2010
• Moenkhausia pyrophthalma W. J. E. M. Costa, 1994
• Moenkhausia robertsi Géry, 1964
• Moenkhausia rubra Pastana & D'Agosta, 2014 ^[9]
• Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) (Red-eye tetra)
• Moenkhausia schultzi Fernández-Yépez, 1950
• Moenkhausia shideleri C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
• Moenkhausia simulata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1924)
• Moenkhausia sthenosthoma Petrolli & Benine, 2015 ^[2]
• Moenkhausia surinamensis Géry, 1965
• Moenkhausia takasei Géry, 1964 (Black-jacket tetra)
• Moenkhausia tergimacula Z. M. S. de Lucena & C. A. S. de Lucena, 1999
• Moenkhausia tridentata Holly, 1929
• Moenkhausia uirapuru Ohara & F. C. T. Lima, 2015 ^[10]
• Moenkhausia venerei Petrolli, Azevedo-Santos & Benine, 2016 ^[11]
• Moenkhausia xinguensis (Steindachner, 1882)

References

1. Oliveira, G.D. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4093 (4): 566–574.
2. Petrolli, M.G. & Benine, R.C. (2015): Description of three new species of Moenkhausia (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae) with the definition of the Moenkhausia jamesi species complex. Zootaxa, 3986 (4): 401–420.
3. Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C. & Carvalho, F.R. (2011): A new characid fish, Moenkhausia aurantia (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), from the upper Rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 2934: 29-38.
4. Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2016): Reconciling more than 150 years of taxonomic confusion: the true identity of Moenkhausia lepidura, with a key to the species of the M. lepidura group (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 338-352.
5. Carvalho, F.R., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2014): Redescription of Moenkhausia doceana (Steindachner, 1877) (Ostariophysi: Characiformes): a characid from the Northeastern Mata Atlântica ecoregion, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 377-388.
6. Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. (2015): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4032 (4): 417–425.
7. Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P., Camelier, P. & Lima, F.C.T. (2016): Description of a New Species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Upper Rio Tapajós Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 104 (1): 243-249.
8. Ohara, W.M. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Machado at Chapada dos Parecis, rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e150041.
9. Pastana, M.N.L. & Dagosta, F.C.P. (2014): Moenkhausia rubra, a new species from rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 389-396.
10. Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015). "Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (2): 159–170.
11. Petrolli, M.G., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Benine, R.C. (2016): Moenkhausia venerei (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the rio Araguaia, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4105 (2): 159–170.