Oligosarcus

Oligosarcus
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Characiformes
Family:Characidae
Subfamily:incertae sedis
Genus:Oligosarcus
Günther, 1864

Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil, They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:

  • Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1987
  • Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015 [1]
  • Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864
  • Oligosarcus bolivianus (Fowler, 1940)
  • Oligosarcus brevioris Menezes, 1987
  • Oligosarcus hepsetus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
  • Oligosarcus itau Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2011
  • Oligosarcus jacuiensis Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2010
  • Oligosarcus jenynsii (Günther, 1864)
  • Oligosarcus longirostris Menezes & Géry, 1983
  • Oligosarcus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1877)
  • Oligosarcus menezesi Miquelarena & Protogino, 1996
  • Oligosarcus oligolepis (Steindachner, 1867)
  • Oligosarcus paranensis Menezes & Géry, 1983
  • Oligosarcus perdido A. C. Ribeiro, Cavallaro & Froehlich, 2007
  • Oligosarcus pintoi Amaral Campos, 1945
  • Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes & Géry, 1983
  • Oligosarcus platensis (Messner, 1962) [2]
  • Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969
  • Oligosarcus schindleri Menezes & Géry, 1983
  • Oligosarcus solitarius Menezes, 1987
  • Oligosarcus varii Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2015 [2]

References

  1. ↑ Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 581–590.
  2. 1 2 Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 541-546.


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