Characidium
| Characidium | |
|---|---|
| Characidium fasciatum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Subfamily: | Characidiinae |
| Genus: | J. T. Reinhardt, 1867[1] |
| Type species | |
| Characidium fasciatum J. T. Reinhardt, 1867[2]
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| Synonyms[1] | |
Characidium is a genus of freshawater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. The fishes in theis genus are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from Panama.[3] They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.[4]
Species
Characidium contains the following recognized species:[2]
- Characidium alipioi Travassos, 1955
- Characidium amaila Lujan, Agudelo-Zamora, Taphorn, Booth & López-Fernández, 2013
- Characidium bahiense Almeida, 1971
- Characidium barbosai Flausino Junior, Lima, Machado & Melo, 2020
- Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941
- Characidium boavistae Steindachner, 1915
- Characidium boehlkei Géry, 1972
- Characidium bolivianum Pearson, 1924
- Characidium borellii (Boulenger, 1895)
- Characidium brevirostre Pellegrin, 1909
- Characidium cacah Zanata, Ribeiro, Araújo-Porto, Pessali & Oliveira-Silva, 2020
- Characidium caucanum Eigenmann, 1912
- Characidium chancoense Agudelo-Zamora, Ortega-Lara & Taphorn, 2020
- Characidium chicoi da Graça, Ota & Domingues, 2019
- Characidium chupa Schultz, 1944
- Characidium clistenesi Melo & Espíndola, 2016
- Characidium crandellii Steindachner, 1915
- Characidium cricarense Malanski, Sarmento-Soares, Silva-Malanski, Lopes, Ingenito & Buckup, 2019
- Characidium declivirostre Steindachner, 1915
- Characidium deludens Zanata & Camelier, 2015
- Characidium dule Agudelo-Zamora, Tavera, Murillo & Ortega-Lara, 2020
- Characidium dumonti Stabile, R. B. dos Reis, Oliveira & da Graça, 2025
- Characidium duplicatum Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021
- Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872
- Characidium etzeli Zarske & Géry, 2001
- Characidium fasciatum Reinhardt, 1867
- Characidium fleurdelis Zanata, Oliveira-Silva & Ohara, 2023
- Characidium geryi (Zarske, 1997)
- Characidium gomesi Travassos, 1956
- Characidium grajahuense Travassos, 1944
- Characidium hasemani Steindachner, 1915
- Characidium heinianum Zarske & Géry, 2001
- Characidium heirmostigmata da Graça & Pavanelli, 2008
- Characidium helmeri Zanata, Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2015
- Characidium iaquira Zanata, Ohara, Oyakawa & Dagosta, 2020
- Characidium interruptum Pellegrin, 1909
- Characidium itarare Stabile, R. B. dos Reis, Frota, da Graça & Oliveira, 2024
- Characidium japuhybense Travassos, 1949
- Characidium kalunga Melo, Bouquerel, Masumoto, França & Netto-Ferreira, 2021
- Characidium kamakan Zanata & Camelier, 2015
- Characidium krenak Oliveira-Silva, Santos, Lopes & Zanata, 2022
- Characidium lagosantense Travassos, 1947
- Characidium lanei Travassos, 1967
- Characidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895)
- Characidium lauroi Travassos, 1949
- Characidium litorale Leitão & Buckup, 2014
- Characidium longum Taphorn, Montaña & Buckup, 2006
- Characidium marshi Breder, 1925
- Characidium mirim Netto-Ferreira, Birindelli & Buckup, 2013
- Characidium nambiquara Zanata & Ohara, 2020
- Characidium nana Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015
- Characidium nupelia da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
- Characidium occidentale Buckup & R.E. dos Reis, 1997
- Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967
- Characidium onca Melo, Brito Ribeiro & Lima, 2021
- Characidium orientale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
- Characidium papachibe Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2013
- Characidium pellucidum Eigenmann, 1909
- Characidium phoxocephalum Eigenmann, 1912
- Characidium pteroides Eigenmann, 1909
- Characidium pterostictum A. L. Gomes, 1947
- Characidium pumarinri Teixeira & Melo, 2020
- Characidium purpuratum Steindachner, 1882
- Characidium rachovii Regan, 1913
- Characidium roesseli Géry, 1965
- Characidium samurai Zanata & Camelier, 2014
- Characidium sanctjohanni Dahl, 1960
- Characidium satoi Melo & Oyakawa, 2015
- Characidium schindleri Zarske & Géry, 2001
- Characidium schubarti Travassos, 1955
- Characidium serrano Buckup & R. E. dos Reis 1997
- Characidium steindachneri Cope, 1878
- Characidium sterbai (Zarske, 1997)
- Characidium stigmosum Melo & Buckup, 2002
- Characidium summum Zanata & Ohara, 2015
- Characidium tapuia Zanata, Ramos & Oliveira-Silva, 2018
- Characidium tatama Agudelo-Zamora, Tavera, Murillo & Ortega-Lara, 2020
- Characidium tenue (Cope, 1894)
- Characidium timbuiense Travassos, 1946
- Characidium travassosi Melo, Buckup & Oyakawa, 2016
- Characidium varii Zanata, Oliveira & Oliveira-Silva, 2024
- Characidium vestigipinne Buckup & Hahn, 2000
- Characidium vidali Travassos, 1967
- Characidium wangyapoik Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021
- Characidium xanthopterum Silveira, Langeani, da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
- Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
- Characidium zebra Eigenmann, 1909
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characidiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Characidium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Characidium". FishBase. September 2017 version.
- ^ Lujan, N.K., Agudelo-Zamora, H., Taphorn, D.C., Booth, P.N. & López-Fernández, H. (2013): Description of a New, Narrowly Endemic South American Darter (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Guiana Shield Highlands of Guyana. Copeia, 2013 (3): 454-463.