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Genus of fishes
Moenkhausia is a
genus of
freshwater fish in the
family
Characidae native to tropical and subtropical
South America . These are medium-sized
tetras where the largest species only reach around 12 cm (4.7 in).
[1]
The
diamond tetra and
red-eye tetra , which are commonly kept in
aquaria , are members of this genus.
[2]
[3]
There are currently 90 recognized species in this genus:
Moenkhausia abyss
G. D. de Oliveira &
Marinho , 2016
[4]
Moenkhausia affinis
Steindachner , 1915
Moenkhausia agnesae
Géry , 1965
Moenkhausia alesis
Petrolli &
Benine , 2015
[5]
Moenkhausia atahualpiana (
Fowler , 1907)
Moenkhausia aurantia
Bertaco ,
Jerep &
F. R. de Carvalho , 2011
[6]
Moenkhausia australe
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
[7]
Moenkhausia barbouri
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia bellasomniosa Soares, Lima,
Bastos &
Rapp Py-Daniel , 2019
[8]
Moenkhausia bonita
Benine ,
R. M. C. Castro &
Sabino , 2004
Moenkhausia britskii
Azevedo-Santos &
Benine , 2016
[7]
Moenkhausia browni
C. H. Eigenmann , 1909
Moenkhausia calliura (
C. G. E. Ahl , 1931)
[9]
Moenkhausia celibela
Marinho &
Langeani , 2010
[10]
Moenkhausia ceros
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia chlorophthalma
L. M. de Sousa ,
Netto-Ferreira &
Birindelli , 2010
[11]
Moenkhausia chrysargyrea (
Günther , 1864)
Moenkhausia collettii (
Steindachner , 1882)
Moenkhausia comma
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia conspicua
I. M. Soares &
Bührnheim , 2016
[12]
Moenkhausia copei (
Steindachner , 1882)
Moenkhausia cosmops
F. C. T. Lima ,
Britski &
Machado , 2007
Moenkhausia costae (
Steindachner , 1907)
Moenkhausia cotinho
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia crisnejas
N. E. Pearson , 1929
Moenkhausia dasalmas
Bertaco ,
Jerep &
F. R. de Carvalho , 2011
[13]
Moenkhausia diamantina
Benine ,
R. M. C. Castro &
A. C. A. Santos , 2007
Moenkhausia dichroura (
Kner , 1858)
Moenkhausia diktyota
F. C. T. Lima &
Toledo-Piza , 2001
Moenkhausia dorsinuda
Zarske &
Géry , 2002
Moenkhausia eigenmanni
Géry , 1964
Moenkhausia eurystaenia
Marinho , 2010
[14]
Moenkhausia forestii
Benine ,
Mariguela &
C. de Oliveira , 2009
Moenkhausia gracilima
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia grandisquamis (
J. P. Müller &
Troschel , 1845)
Moenkhausia guaruba de Lima, Vita, Dutra, Ohara & Pastana, 2023
[15]
Moenkhausia hasemani
C. H. Eigenmann , 1917
Moenkhausia heikoi
Géry &
Zarske , 2004
Moenkhausia hemigrammoides
Géry , 1965
Moenkhausia hysterosticta
P. H. F. Lucinda ,
L. R. Malabarba &
Benine , 2007
Moenkhausia icae
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia inrai
Géry , 1992
Moenkhausia intermedia
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia ischyognatha
Petrolli &
Benine , 2015
[5]
Moenkhausia jamesi
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
[5]
Moenkhausia justae
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
[5]
Moenkhausia lata
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia latissima
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia lepidura (
Kner , 1858)
[9]
Moenkhausia levidorsa
Benine , 2002
Moenkhausia lineomaculata
D'Agosta ,
Marinho &
Benine , 2015
[16]
Moenkhausia lopesi
Britski &
de Silimon , 2001
Moenkhausia loweae
Géry , 1992
Moenkhausia margitae
Zarske &
Géry , 2001
Moenkhausia megalops (
C. H. Eigenmann , 1907)
Moenkhausia melogramma
C. H. Eigenmann , 1908
Moenkhausia metae
C. H. Eigenmann , 1922
Moenkhausia miangi
Steindachner , 1915
Moenkhausia mikia
Marinho &
Langeani , 2010
[17]
Moenkhausia moisae
Géry ,
Planquette &
Le Bail , 1995
Moenkhausia monicae
Marinho ,
D'Agosta ,
Camelier &
F. C. T. Lima , 2016
[18]
Moenkhausia mutum
D'Agosta &
Marinho , 2016
[19]
Moenkhausia naponis
J. E. Böhlke , 1958
Moenkhausia newtoni
Travassos , 1964
Moenkhausia nigromarginata
W. J. E. M. Costa , 1994
Moenkhausia oligolepis (
Günther , 1864)
Moenkhausia orteguasae
Fowler , 1943
Moenkhausia ovalis (
Günther , 1868)
Moenkhausia pankilopteryx
Bertaco &
P. H. F. Lucinda , 2006
Moenkhausia parecis
Ohara &
Marinho , 2016
[20]
Moenkhausia petymbuaba
F. C. T. Lima &
Birindelli , 2006
Moenkhausia phaeonota
W. L. Fink , 1979
Moenkhausia pirauba
Zanata ,
Birindelli &
C. L. R. Moreira , 2010
[21]
Moenkhausia pittieri
C. H. Eigenmann , 1920
Moenkhausia plumbea
L. M. de Sousa ,
Netto-Ferreira &
Birindelli , 2010
[11]
Moenkhausia pyrophthalma
W. J. E. M. Costa , 1994
Moenkhausia robertsi
Géry , 1964
Moenkhausia rubra
Pastana &
D'Agosta , 2014
[22]
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae (
Steindachner , 1907)
Moenkhausia schultzi
Fernández-Yépez , 1950
Moenkhausia shideleri
C. H. Eigenmann , 1909
Moenkhausia simulata (
C. H. Eigenmann , 1924)
Moenkhausia sthenosthoma
Petrolli &
Benine , 2015
[5]
Moenkhausia surinamensis
Géry , 1965
Moenkhausia takasei
Géry , 1964
Moenkhausia tergimacula
Z. M. S. de Lucena &
C. A. S. de Lucena , 1999
Moenkhausia tridentata
Holly , 1929
Moenkhausia uirapuru
Ohara &
F. C. T. Lima , 2015
[23]
Moenkhausia venerei
Petrolli ,
Azevedo-Santos &
Benine , 2016
[24]
Moenkhausia vittata (
Castelnau , 1855)
[25]
Moenkhausia xinguensis (
Steindachner , 1882)
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017).
Species of Moenkhausia in
FishBase . March 2017 version.
^ SeriouslyFish:
Moenkhausia pittieri. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ SeriouslyFish:
Moenkhausia sanctaefilomenae. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
^ Oliveira, G.D. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the rio Amazonas basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4093 (4): 566–574.
^
a
b
c
d
e Petrolli, M.G. & Benine, R.C. (2015):
Description of three new species of Moenkhausia (Teleostei, Characiformes, Characidae) with the definition of the Moenkhausia jamesi species complex. Zootaxa, 3986 (4): 401–420.
^ Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C. & Carvalho, F.R. (2011):
A new characid fish, Moenkhausia aurantia (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 2934: 29-38.
^
a
b Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Benine, R.C. (2016):
A new species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Içá River, Amazon Basin, northern Brazil. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 92 (2): 203–209.
^ Soares, Isabel M.; Lima, Flávio C. T.; Bastos, Douglas A.; Py-Daniel, Lucia H. Rapp (2019-05-01).
"A New Species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Upper Rio Negro Basin, Brazil" . Copeia . 107 (2): 232–238.
doi :
10.1643/CI-18-149 .
ISSN
0045-8511 .
S2CID
155784981 .
^
a
b Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2016): Reconciling more than 150 years of taxonomic confusion: the true identity of Moenkhausia lepidura , with a key to the species of the M. lepidura group (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 4107 (3): 338-352.
^ Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2010):
Moenkhausia celibela : a new species from the Amazon basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Journal of Fish Biology, 77 (4): 879–889.
^
a
b Sousa, L.M., Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2010):
Two new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, Pará, Northern Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8 (2): 255-264.
^ Soares, I.M. & Bührnheim, C.M. (2016): A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903 (Characiformes: Characidae) from Amazon basin, Brazil. Zootaxa, 4208 (4): 392-400.
^ Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C. & Carvalho, F.R. (2011):
New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Ostariophysi: Characidae) from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (1): 57-63.
^ Marinho, M.M.F. (2010):
A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Xingu basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 8 (3): 655-659.
^ Lima, Arthur De; Vita, George; Dutra, Guilherme M.; Ohara, William M.; Pastana, Murilo N. L. (2023-08-17).
"A new Moenkhausia (Characiformes: Characidae) from rio Braço Norte, rio Tapajós basin, with comments on the fish endemism of Serra do Cachimbo plateau" . Zootaxa . 5330 (4): 586–596.
doi :
10.11646/zootaxa.5330.4.6 .
ISSN
1175-5334 .
S2CID
260979542 .
^ Dagosta, F.C.P., Marinho, M.M.F. & Benine, R.C. (2015):
A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4032 (4): 417–425.
^ Marinho, M.M.F. & Langeani, F. (2010):
A new species of Moenkhausia from the rio Amazonas and rio Orinoco basins (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2577: 57–68.
^ Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P., Camelier, P. & Lima, F.C.T. (2016):
Description of a New Species of Moenkhausia (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Upper Rio Tapajós Basin, Brazil. Copeia, 104 (1): 243-249.
^ Dagosta, F.C.P. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016):
A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Arinos basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (2): e150052.
^ Ohara, W.M. & Marinho, M.M.F. (2016):
A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Machado at Chapada dos Parecis, rio Madeira basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 14 (1): e150041.
^ Zanata, A.M., Birindelli, J.L.O. & Moreira, C.R. (2010):
New species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from Rio Xingu and Rio Tapajós basins, Brazil, with comments on a putative case of polymorphic Batesian mimicry. Journal of Fish Biology, 75 (10): 2615–2628.
^ Pastana, M.N.L. & Dagosta, F.C.P. (2014):
Moenkhausia rubra , a new species from rio Juruena, upper rio Tapajós basin, Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 389-396.
^ Ohara, W.M. & Lima, F.C.T. (2015):
Moenkhausia uirapuru , a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 26 (2): 159-170.
^ Petrolli, M.G., Azevedo-Santos, V.M. & Benine, R.C. (2016): Moenkhausia venerei (Characiformes: Characidae), a new species from the rio Araguaia, Central Brazil. Zootaxa, 4105 (2): 159–170.
^ Silva, P.C. & Malabarba, L.R. (2016): Rediscovery of the holotype of Tetragonopterus vittatus Castelnau 1855, a senior synonym of Moenkhausia doceana (Steindachner 1887) (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa, 4132 (2): 269–271.