Cnesterodon
Appearance
Cnesterodon | |
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Ten spotted live-bearer, female (Cnesterodon decemmaculatus). | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
Family: | Poeciliidae |
Tribe: | Cnesterodontini |
Genus: | Cnesterodon Garman, 1895 |
Type species | |
Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns, 1842
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Synonyms | |
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Cnesterodon is a genus of poeciliids native to South America.[1]
Species
[edit]There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Cnesterodon brevirostratus R. de S. Rosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 1993
- Cnesterodon carnegiei Haseman, 1911
- Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Ten spotted live-bearer)
- Cnesterodon holopteros Lucinda, Litz & Recuero, 2006
- Cnesterodon hypselurus Lucinda & Garavello, 2001
- Cnesterodon iguape Lucinda, 2005
- Cnesterodon omorgmatos Lucinda & Garavello, 2001
- Cnesterodon pirai Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2009
- Cnesterodon raddai M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 2001
- Cnesterodon septentrionalis R. de S. Rosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 1993
References
[edit]- ^ Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003. Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cnesterodon". FishBase. August 2012 version.