Psalidodon

Psalidodon
Psalidodon paranae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Stethaprioninae
Genus: Psalidodon
Eigenmann, 1911
Synonyms

Astyanax

Psalidodon is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes. Some of these fish, like many of their relatives, are kept as aquarium pets and known collectively as tetras.

They are all endemic to freshwater habitats in South America, where they are locally called Mojarra or Lambari.

Taxonomy and systematics

This genus was resurrected from synonymy with Astyanax in 2020.[1]

Species

These are the recognized species in this genus:[2]

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References

  1. ^ Guillermo E. Terán; Mauricio F. Benitez; J. Marcos Mirande (2020). "Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of Astyanax, two new genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (4): 1217–1234. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa019.
  2. ^ Bailly, Nicolas (2015). "Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
  3. ^ a b Lucena CA, Castro JB, Bertaco VA (2013). "Three new species of Astyanax from drainages of southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 11 (3): 537–552. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252013000300007.

Further reading

  • Kavalco, Karine Frehner, Rubens Pazza, and Lurdes Foresti de Almeida-Toledo. "Astyanax bockmanni Vari and Castro, 2007: an ambiguous karyotype in the Astyanax genus." Genetica 136.1 (2009): 135–139.