Jump to content

Glandulocauda

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

[edit]

There are currently two recognized species in this genus.[1][2]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glandulocauda". 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.