Oligosarcus

<i>Oligosarcus</i>

Oligosarcus

Genus of fishes

Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil (South, Southeast and Central-West regions). They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.[1]

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Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1]

  • Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1987
  • Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015[2]
  • 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)[3]
  • Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969
  • Oligosarcus schindleri Menezes & Géry, 1983
  • Oligosarcus solitarius Menezes, 1987
  • Oligosarcus varii Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2015[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Oligosarcus in FishBase. October 2011 version.
  2. [2]
    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.
  3. [3]
    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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