Glandulocauda
Appearance
Glandulocauda | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Characidae |
Genus: | Glandulocauda C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 |
Glandulocauda is a genus of small characin freshwater fish that are endemic to Brazil, where restricted to the upper Paraná basin and coastal river basins in São Paulo state.[1][2] The genus it is closely related to Lophiobrycon and Mimagoniates, and they form the tribe Glandulocaudini.[2]
Species
[edit]There are currently two recognized species in this genus.[1][2]
- Glandulocauda caerulea Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2009
- Glandulocauda melanopleura (M. D. Ellis, 1911)
References
[edit]- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glandulocauda". FishBase. December 2018 version.
- ^ a b c Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.