Petulanos
Appearance
Petulanos | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Anostomidae |
Genus: | Petulanos Sidlauskas & Vari, 2008[1] |
Petulanos is a genus of headstander from South America.[2][1] There are currently three recognized species that were all previously assigned to Anostomus;[1] one each in the Xingu, Nickerie and Essequibo river basins.
Species
[edit]There are three recognized species:[2]
- Petulanos intermedius (R. Winterbottom, 1980)
- Petulanos plicatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
- Petulanos spiloclistron (R. Winterbottom, 1974)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Sidlauskas, Brian L.; Vari, Richard P. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships within the South American fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Characiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 154 (1): 70–210. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00407.x.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Petulanos in FishBase. February 2024 version.