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| Hemigrammus bleheri | |
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| Hemigrammus erythrozonus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Hemigrammus T. N. Gill, 1858 |
Hemigrammus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to South America (including Trinidad) and commonly seen in the aquarium trade. These are medium-small tetras where the largest species reach up to around 11 cm (4.3 in).[1]
Species
There are currently 59 recognized species in this genus:
- Hemigrammus aereus Géry, 1959
- Hemigrammus aguaruna F. C. T. Lima, Corrêa & Ota, 2016 [2]
- Hemigrammus analis Durbin, 1909
- Hemigrammus arua F. C. T. Lima, Wosiacki & C. S. Ramos, 2009
- Hemigrammus ataktos Marinho, D'Agosta & Birindelli, 2014 [3]
- Hemigrammus barrigonae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
- Hemigrammus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
- Hemigrammus bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986 (Fire-head tetra)
- Hemigrammus boesemani Géry, 1959
- Hemigrammus brevis Durbin, 1911
- Hemigrammus coeruleus Durbin, 1908
- Hemigrammus cupreus Durbin, 1918
- Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909
- Hemigrammus diagonicus Mendonça & Wosiacki, 2011 [4]
- Hemigrammus durbinae Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2015 [5]
- Hemigrammus elegans (Steindachner, 1882)
- Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 (Glowlight tetra)
- Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 [6]
- Hemigrammus filamentosus Zarske, 2011 [7]
- Hemigrammus geisleri Zarske & Géry, 2007
- Hemigrammus gracilis (Lütken, 1875)
- Hemigrammus guyanensis Géry, 1959
- Hemigrammus haraldi Géry, 1961
- Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918 (Costello tetra)
- Hemigrammus iota Durbin, 1909
- Hemigrammus levis Durbin, 1908
- Hemigrammus luelingi Géry, 1964
- Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918 [8]
- Hemigrammus machadoi Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2014 [8]
- Hemigrammus mahnerti Uj & Géry, 1989
- Hemigrammus marginatus Durbin, 1911
- Hemigrammus matei C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
- Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945
- Hemigrammus melanochrous Fowler, 1913
- Hemigrammus micropterus Meek, 1907
- Hemigrammus microstomus Durbin, 1918
- Hemigrammus mimus J. E. Böhlke, 1955
- Hemigrammus neptunus Zarske & Géry, 2002
- Hemigrammus newboldi (Fernández-Yépez, 1949)
- Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882)
- Hemigrammus ora Zarske, Le Bail & Géry, 2006
- Hemigrammus orthus Durbin, 1909
- Hemigrammus parana Marinho, F. R. de Carvalho, Langeani & Tatsumi, 2008
- Hemigrammus pretoensis Géry, 1965
- Hemigrammus pulcher Ladiges, 1938 (Garnet tetra)
- Hemigrammus rhodostomus C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Rummy-nose tetra)
- Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 (Gold tetra)
- Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Zarske, 2015 [6]
- Hemigrammus schmardae (Steindachner, 1882)
- Hemigrammus silimoni Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2008
- Hemigrammus skolioplatus Bertaco & T. P. Carvalho, 2005
- Hemigrammus stictus (Durbin, 1909)
- Hemigrammus taphorni Benine & G. A. M. Lopes, 2007
- Hemigrammus tocantinsi F. R. de Carvalho, Bertaco & Jerep, 2010
- Hemigrammus tridens C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
- Hemigrammus ulreyi (Boulenger, 1895)
- Hemigrammus unilineatus (T. N. Gill, 1858) (Feather-fin tetra)
- Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri Géry, 1963
- Hemigrammus yinyang F. C. T. Lima & L. M. Sousa, 2009
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Hemigrammus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
- ^ Lima, F.C.T., Correa, V. & Ota, R.P. (2016): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the western Amazon basin in Peru and Colombia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (3): 123-132.
- ^ Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2014): Hemigrammus ataktos: a new species from the rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 257-264.
- ^ Mendonça, M.B. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2011): A New Species of Hemigrammus from the Lower Amazon Floodplain (Characiformes: Characidae). Copeia, 2011 (2): 211-215.
- ^ Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2015): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins. Zootaxa, 3948 (2): 218–232.
- ^ a b Zarske, A. (2015): Hemigrammus rubrostriatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (1): 3–14.
- ^ Zarske, A. (2011): Hemigrammus filamentosus spec. nov. – der Südamerikanische Fadensalmler, ein neuer Salmler (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) aus dem Araguaya-Becken in Brasilien. Vertebrate Zoology, 61 (1): 3-12.
- ^ a b Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2014): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira and rio Paraguai basins, with a redescription of H. lunatus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 265-279.