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Genus of fishes
Characidium is a
genus of
fish in the
family
Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from
Panama .
[1] They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.
[2]
There are currently 81 recognized species in this genus:
[1]
Characidium alipioi
Travassos , 1955
Characidium amaila
Lujan ,
Agudelo-Zamora ,
Taphorn ,
Booth &
López-Fernández , 2013
[2]
Characidium bahiense
V. G. Almeida , 1971
Characidium barbosai Flausino Junior, Lima, Machado & Melo, 2020
Characidium bimaculatum
Fowler , 1941
[3]
Characidium boavistae
Steindachner , 1915
Characidium boehlkei
Géry , 1972
Characidium bolivianum
N. E. Pearson , 1924
Characidium borellii
Boulenger , 1895
Characidium brevirostre
Pellegrin , 1909
Characidium cacah Zanata, Ribeiro, Araújo-Porto, Pessali & Oliveira-Silva, 2020
Characidium caucanum
C. H. Eigenmann , 1912
Characidium chancoense Agudelo-Zamora, Ortega-Lara & Taphorn, 2020
[4]
Characidium chicoi da Graça, Ota & Domingues, 2019
Characidium chupa
L. P. Schultz , 1944
Characidium clistenesi
M. R. S. de Melo &
Espíndola , 2016
[3]
Characidium crandellii
Steindachner , 1915
Characidium cricarense Malanski, Sarmento-Soares, Silva-Malanski, Lopes, Ingenito & Buckup, 2019
Characidium declivirostre
Steindachner , 1915
Characidium deludens
Zanata &
Camelier , 2015
[5]
Characidium dule Agudelo-Zamora, Tavera, Murillo & Ortega-Lara, 2020
Characidium duplicatum Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021
Characidium etheostoma
Cope , 1872
Characidium etzeli
Zarske &
Géry , 2001
Characidium fasciatum
J. T. Reinhardt , 1867
Characidium gomesi
Travassos , 1956
Characidium grajahuense
Travassos , 1944
Characidium hasemani
Steindachner , 1915
Characidium heinianum
Zarske &
Géry , 2001
Characidium heirmostigmata
da Graça &
Pavanelli , 2008
Characidium helmeri
Zanata ,
Sarmento-Soares &
Martins-Pinheiro , 2015
[6]
Characidium iaquira Zanata, Ohara, Oyakawa & Dagosta, 2020
Characidium interruptum
Pellegrin , 1909
Characidium japuhybense
Travassos , 1949
Characidium kalunga Melo, Bouquerel, Masumoto, França & Netto-Ferreira, 2021
Characidium kamakan
Zanata &
Camelier , 2015
[5]
Characidium lagosantense
Travassos , 1947
Characidium lanei
Travassos , 1967
Characidium laterale (
Boulenger , 1895)
Characidium lauroi
Travassos , 1949
Characidium litorale
Leitão &
Buckup , 2014
[7]
Characidium longum
Taphorn ,
Montaña &
Buckup , 2006
Characidium macrolepidotum (
W. K. H. Peters , 1868)
Characidium marshi
Breder , 1925
Characidium mirim
Netto-Ferreira ,
Birindelli &
Buckup , 2013
[8]
Characidium nambiquara Zanata & Ohara, 2020
Characidium nana
Mendonça &
Netto-Ferreira , 2015
[9]
Characidium nupelia
da Graça ,
Pavanelli &
Buckup , 2008
Characidium occidentale
Buckup &
R. E. dos Reis , 1997
Characidium oiticicai
Travassos , 1967
Characidium onca
M. R. S. de Melo ,
Mauro César Lambert de Brito Ribeiro &
F. C. T. Lima , 2021
[10]
Characidium orientale
Buckup &
R. E. dos Reis , 1997
Characidium papachibe
L. A. W. Peixoto &
Wosiacki , 2013
[11]
Characidium pellucidum
C. H. Eigenmann , 1909
Characidium phoxocephalum
C. H. Eigenmann , 1912
Characidium pteroides
C. H. Eigenmann , 1909
Characidium pterostictum
A. L. Gomes , 1947
Characidium pumarinri Teixeira & Melo, 2020
Characidium purpuratum
Steindachner , 1882
Characidium rachovii
Regan , 1913
Characidium roesseli
Géry , 1965
Characidium samurai
Zanata &
Camelier , 2014
[12]
Characidium sanctjohanni
Dahl , 1960
Characidium satoi
M. R. S. de Melo &
Oyakawa , 2015
[13]
Characidium schindleri
Zarske &
Géry , 2001
Characidium schubarti
Travassos , 1955
Characidium serrano
Buckup &
R. E. dos Reis , 1997
Characidium steindachneri
Cope , 1878
Characidium stigmosum
M. R. S. de Melo &
Buckup , 2002
Characidium summum
Zanata &
Ohara , 2015
[14]
Characidium tapuia Zanata, Ramos & Oliveira-Silva, 2018
Characidium tatama Agudelo-Zamora, Tavera, Murillo & Ortega-Lara, 2020
Characidium tenue (
Cope , 1894)
Characidium timbuiense
Travassos , 1946
Characidium travassosi
M. R. S. de Melo ,
Buckup &
Oyakawa , 2016
[15]
Characidium vestigipinne
Buckup &
L. Hahn , 2000
Characidium vidali
Travassos , 1967
Characidium wangyapoik Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021
Characidium xanthopterum
Silveira ,
Langeani ,
da Graça ,
Pavanelli &
Buckup , 2008
Characidium xavante
da Graça ,
Pavanelli &
Buckup , 2008
Characidium zebra
C. H. Eigenmann , 1909
^
a
b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017).
Species of Characidium in
FishBase . September 2017 version.
^
a
b Lujan, N.K., Agudelo-Zamora, H., Taphorn, D.C., Booth, P.N. & López-Fernández, H. (2013):
Description of a New, Narrowly Endemic South American Darter (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Guiana Shield Highlands of Guyana. Copeia, 2013 (3): 454-463.
^
a
b Melo, M.R.S. & Espíndola, V.C. (2016): Description of a new species of Characidium Reinhardt, 1867 (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Chapada Diamantina, Bahia, and redescription of Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941. Zootaxa, 4196 (4): 552-568.
^ Agudelo-Zamora, Henry D.; Ortega-Lara, Armando; Taphorn, Donald C. B. (2020-05-01).
"Characidium chancoense , a new species of South American darter from the Río Cauca drainage, Colombia (Characiformes: Crenuchidae)" . Zootaxa . 4768 (2): 249–263.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.4768.2.6 .
ISSN
1175-5334 .
^
a
b Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2015):
Two new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from northeastern Brazilian coastal drainages. Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 487-498.
^ Zanata, A.M., Sarmento-Soares, L.M. & Martins-Pinheiro, R.F. (2015):
A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from coastal rivers in the extreme south of Bahia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4040 (3): 371–383.
^ Leitão, R.P. & Buckup, P.A. (2014):
A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from Coastal Basins of Serra do Mar, Southeastern Brazil. Copeia, 2014 (1): 14-22.
^ Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Buckup, P.A. (2013):
A new miniature species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the headwaters of the rio Araguaia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 3664 (3): 361–368.
^ Mendonça, M.B. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2015):
New species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu drainages, Pará, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4021 (1): 187-194.
^ Marcelo Roberto Souto de Melo, Mauro César Lambert de Brito Ribeiro, Flávio César Thadeo de Lima, A new, narrowly distributed, and critically endangered species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Distrito Federal, Central Brazil, Neotrop. ichthyol. 19 (01) • 2021,
https://doi.org/10.1590/1982-0224-2020-0061
^ Peixoto, L.A.W. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2013):
A New Species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Lower Amazon. Copeia, 2013 (1): 52-57.
^ Zanata, A.M. & Camelier, P. (2014):
A new species of Characidium (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from small coastal drainages in northeastern Brazil, with remarks on the pseudotympanum of some species of the genus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 333-342.
^ Melo, M.R.S. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2015):
A New Species of Characidium Reinhardt (Characiformes, Crenuchidae) with a Distinctively Dimorphic Male. Copeia, 103 (2): 281-289.
^ Zanata, A.M. & Ohara, W.M. (2015):
A new species of Characidium Reinhardt (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from headwaters of rio Pacaás Novos, rio Madeira basin, Rondônia, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4021 (2): 368-376.
^ Melo, M.R.S., Buckup, P.A. & Oyakawa, O.T. (2016):
A new species of Characidium Reinhardt, 1867 (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) endemic to the Atlantic Forest in Paraná State, southern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (3): e160014.