Hemiodus is a genus of halftooths from South America with the greatest species richness in the Amazon Basin, but also found in the Orinoco, Essequibo, Paraná–Paraguay and Parnaíba River basins.[1] Depending on the species involved, these elongate fish reach a length of 7–30 cm (3–12 in).[1]
| Hemiodus | |
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| Hemiodus quadrimaculatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Hemiodontidae |
| Genus: | Hemiodus J. P. Müller, 1842 |
| Synonyms | |
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Hemiodopsis | |
Species
editThere are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Hemiodus amazonum (Humboldt, 1821)
- Hemiodus argenteus Pellegrin, 1909
- Hemiodus atranalis (Fowler, 1940)
- Hemiodus goeldii Steindachner, 1908
- Hemiodus gracilis Günther, 1864
- Hemiodus huraulti (Géry, 1964)
- Hemiodus immaculatus Kner, 1858
- Hemiodus iratapuru Langeani & C. L. R. Moreira, 2013 [3]
- Hemiodus jatuarana Langeani, 2004
- Hemiodus langeanii Beltrão & Zuanon, 2012[1]
- Hemiodus microlepis Kner, 1858
- Hemiodus orthonops C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
- Hemiodus parnaguae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1916
- Hemiodus quadrimaculatus Pellegrin, 1909 (Barred hemiodus)
- Hemiodus semitaeniatus Kner, 1858 (Halfline hemiodus)
- Hemiodus sterni (Géry, 1964)
- Hemiodus ternetzi G. S. Myers, 1927
- Hemiodus thayeria J. E. Böhlke, 1955
- Hemiodus tocantinensis Langeani, 1999
- Hemiodus unimaculatus (Bloch, 1794)
- Hemiodus vorderwinkleri (Géry, 1964)
References
edit- ^ a b c Beltrão, H. & Zuanon, J. (2012): Hemiodus langeanii (Characiformes: Hemiodontidae), a new species from rio Amana, rio Maués-Açú drainage, Amazon basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 10 (2): 255-262.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Hemiodus". FishBase. February 2014 version.
- ^ Langeani, F. & Moreira, C.R. (2013): Hemiodus iratapuru, a new species of Hemiodontidae from the Rio Jari, Amazon Basin, Brazil (Teleostei, Characiformes). Journal of Fish Biology, 82 (4): 1259–1268.
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