Characidium

<i>Characidium</i>

Characidium

Genus of fishes

Characidium is a genus of fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from Panama.[1] They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.[2]

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Species

There are currently 69 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Characidium alipioi Travassos, 1955
  • Characidium amaila Lujan, Agudelo-Zamora, Taphorn, Booth & López-Fernández, 2013[2]
  • Characidium bahiense V. G. Almeida, 1971
  • Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941[3]
  • Characidium boavistae Steindachner, 1915
  • Characidium boehlkei Géry, 1972
  • Characidium bolivianum N. E. Pearson, 1924
  • Characidium borellii (Boulenger, 1895)
  • Characidium brevirostre Pellegrin, 1909
  • Characidium caucanum C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Characidium chancoense Agudelo-Zamora, Ortega-Lara & Taphorn, 2020[4]
  • Characidium chupa L. P. Schultz, 1944
  • Characidium clistenesi M. R. S. de Melo & Espíndola, 2016[3]
  • Characidium crandellii Steindachner, 1915
  • Characidium declivirostre Steindachner, 1915
  • Characidium deludens Zanata & Camelier, 2015[5]
  • Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872
  • Characidium etzeli Zarske & Géry, 2001
  • Characidium fasciatum J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
  • Characidium geryi (Zarske, 1997)[6]
  • 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[7]
  • Characidium interruptum Pellegrin, 1909
  • Characidium japuhybense Travassos, 1949
  • Characidium kamakan Zanata & Camelier, 2015[5]
  • Characidium lagosantense Travassos, 1947
  • Characidium lanei Travassos, 1967
  • Characidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895)
  • Characidium lauroi Travassos, 1949
  • Characidium litorale Leitão & Buckup, 2014[8]
  • Characidium longum Taphorn, Montaña & Buckup, 2006
  • Characidium macrolepidotum (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
  • Characidium marshi Breder, 1925
  • Characidium mirim Netto-Ferreira, Birindelli & Buckup, 2013[9]
  • Characidium nana Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015[10]
  • Characidium nupelia da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
  • Characidium occidentale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
  • Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967
  • Characidium onca M. R. S. de Melo, Mauro César Lambert de Brito Ribeiro & F. C. T. Lima, 2021[11]
  • Characidium orientale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
  • Characidium papachibe L. A. W. Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2013[12]
  • Characidium pellucidum C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
  • Characidium phoxocephalum C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Characidium pteroides C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
  • Characidium pterostictum A. L. Gomes, 1947
  • Characidium purpuratum Steindachner, 1882
  • Characidium rachovii Regan, 1913
  • Characidium roesseli Géry, 1965
  • Characidium samurai Zanata & Camelier, 2014[13]
  • Characidium sanctjohanni Dahl, 1960
  • Characidium satoi M. R. S. de Melo & Oyakawa, 2015[14]
  • 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) [6]
  • Characidium stigmosum M. R. S. de Melo & Buckup, 2002
  • Characidium summum Zanata & Ohara, 2015[15]
  • Characidium tenue (Cope, 1894)
  • Characidium timbuiense Travassos, 1946
  • Characidium travassosi M. R. S. de Melo, Buckup & Oyakawa, 2016[6]
  • Characidium vestigipinne Buckup & L. Hahn, 2000
  • Characidium vidali Travassos, 1967
  • Characidium xanthopterum Silveira, Langeani, da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
  • Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
  • Characidium zebra C. H. Eigenmann, 1909

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Characidium in FishBase. September 2017 version.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    Melo, M.R.S. & Espíndola, V.C. (2016): Description of a new species of Characidium Reinhardt, 1867 (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, and redescription of Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941. Zootaxa, 4196 (4): 552-568.
  4. [4]
    Agudelo-Zamora, Henry D.; Ortega-Lara, Armando; Taphorn, Donald C. B. (2020-05-01). "Characidium chancoense , a new species of South American darter from the Río Cauca drainage, Colombia (Characiformes: Crenuchidae)". Zootaxa. 4768 (2): 249–263. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.6. ISSN 1175-5334.
  5. [5]
    Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2015): Two new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from northeastern Brazilian coastal drainages. Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 487-498.
  6. [6]
    Melo, M.R.S., Buckup, P.A. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2016): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt, 1867 (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest in Paraná State, southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e160014.
  7. [7]
    Zanata, A.M., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2015): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from coastal rivers in the extreme south of Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4040 (3): 371–383.
  8. [8]
    Leitão, R.P. & Buckup, P.A. (2014): A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Coastal Basins of Serra do Mar, Southeastern Brazil. Copeia, 2014 (1): 14-22.
  9. [9]
    Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Buckup, P.A. (2013): A new miniature species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the headwaters of the rio Araguaia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 3664 (3): 361–368.
  10. [10]
    Mendonça, M.B. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2015): New species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu drainages, Pará, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4021 (1): 187-194.
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    Marcelo Roberto Souto de Melo, Mauro César Lambert de Brito Ribeiro, Flávio César Thadeo de Lima, A new, narrowly distributed, and critically endangered species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Distrito Federal, Central Brazil, Neotrop. ichthyol. 19 (01) • 2021, https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0061
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    Peixoto, L.A.W. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2013): A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Lower Amazon. Copeia, 2013 (1): 52-57.
  13. [13]
    Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2014): A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from small coastal drainages in northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the pseudotympanum of some species of the genus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 333-342.
  14. [14]
    Melo, M.R.S. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2015): A New Species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes, Crenuchidae) with a Distinctively Dimorphic Male. Copeia, 103 (2): 281-289.
  15. [15]
    Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M. (2015): A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from headwaters of rio Pacaás Novos, rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4021 (2): 368-376.
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