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]
- Triportheus albus Cope, 1872
- Triportheus angulatus (Spix & Agassiz, 1829)
- Triportheus auritus (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Triportheus brachipomus (Valenciennes, 1850)
- Triportheus culter (Cope, 1872)
- Triportheus curtus (Garman, 1890)
- Triportheus elongatus (Günther, 1864) (Elongate hatchetfish)
- Triportheus guentheri (Garman, 1890)
- Triportheus magdalenae (Steindachner, 1878)
- Triportheus nematurus (Kner, 1858)
- Triportheus orinocensis M. C. S. L. Malabarba, 2004
- Triportheus pantanensis M. C. S. L. Malabarba, 2004
- Triportheus paranensis (Günther, 1874) (Tetra)
- Triportheus pictus (Garman, 1890)
- Triportheus rotundatus (Jardine, 1841)
- Triportheus signatus (Garman, 1890)
- Triportheus trifurcatus (Castelnau, 1855)
- Triportheus venezuelensis M. C. S. L. Malabarba, 2004
References
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Triportheus in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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