Triportheus

Triportheus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Triporthidae[1]
Genus: Triportheus
Cope, 1872
Type species
Triportheus albus
Cope, 1872

Triportheus is a genus of characiform fishes from South America, including Trinidad.

Species

There are currently 18 recognized species in this genus:[2]

References

  1. Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. (2011): Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Triportheus in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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