Glandulocauda

Genus of fishes

Glandulocauda
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Glandulocauda in FishBase. December 2018 version.
  2. ^ 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.
Taxon identifiers
Glandulocauda


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