Gephyrocharax is a genus of characins found in South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and Panama.[1]
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| Gephyrocharax melanocheir | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Genus: | Gephyrocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912 |
| Type species | |
| Gephyrocharax chocoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
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Species
editThere are currently 11 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Gephyrocharax atracaudata (Meek & Hildebrand, 1912)
- Gephyrocharax caucanus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Gephyrocharax chocoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Gephyrocharax intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
- Gephyrocharax major G. S. Myers, 1929
- Gephyrocharax martae Dahl, 1943
- Gephyrocharax melanocheir C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Gephyrocharax sinuensis Dahl, 1964
- Gephyrocharax torresi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta, Mirande & García Gonzáles, 2013 [3]
- Gephyrocharax valencia C. H. Eigenmann, 1920[4]
- Gephyrocharax venezuelae L. P. Schultz, 1944
References
edit- ^ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
- ^ Vanegas-Ríos, J.A. (2016): Taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Gephyrocharax Eigenmann, 1912 (Characiformes, Characidae, Stevardiinae). Zootaxa, 4100 (1): 1-92.
- ^ Vanegas-Ríos, J.A., Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M., Mirande, J.M. & García Gonzales, M.D. (2013): Gephyrocharax torresi (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae), a new species from the río Cascajales basin, río Magdalena system, Colombia. Neotropical Ichthyology, 11 (2): 275-284.
- ^ Rodríguez-Olarte, D., Taphorn, D.C., DoNascimiento, C., Usma, S., Villa-Navarro, F. & Herrera-Collazos, E.E. 2021. Gephyrocharax valencia. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021: e.T175963161A175963443. Downloaded on 04 September 2021.
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