Genus of fishes
Characidium 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] [ 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 ^ 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.
