Moenkhausia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Subfamiliae: Pristellinae
Genus: Moenkhausia
Species (85): M. abyss – M. affinis – M. agnesae – M. alesis – M. atahualpiana – M. aurantia – M. australis – M. barbouri – M. bonita – M. britskii – M. browni – M. calliura – M. ceros – M. chrysargyrea – M. collettii – M. comma – M. conspicua – M. copei – M. cosmops – M. costae – M. cotinho – M. crisnejas – M. dasalmas – M. diamantina – M. dichroura – M. diktyota – M. doceana – M. dorsinuda – M. eigenmanni – M. georgiae – M. goya – M. gracilima – M. grandisquamis – M. hasemani – M. heikoi – M. hemigrammoides – M. hysterosticta – M. icae – M. inrai – M. intermedia – M. ischyognatha – M. jamesi – M. justae – M. lata – M. latissima – M. lepidura – M. levidorsa – M. lineomaculata – M. lopesi – M. loweae – M. margitae – M. megalops – M. melogramma – M. metae – M. miangi – M. mikia – M. moisae – M. monicae – M. mutum – M. naponis – M. newtoni – M. nigromarginata – M. oligolepis – M. orteguasae – M. ovalis – M. pankilopteryx – M. parecis – M. petymbuaba – M. phaeonota – M. pittieri – M. pyrophthalma – M. restricta – M. robertsi – M. sanctaefilomenae – M. schultzi – M. shideleri – M. simulata – M. sthenosthoma – M. surinamensis – M. takasei – M. tergimacula – M. tridentata – M. uirapuru – M. venerei – M. xinguensis

Name

Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903

Type species: Tetragonopterus xinguensis ♀ Steindachner, 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic).

Etymology: –ia (= belonging to): William J. Moenkhaus, Eigenmann’s colleague at Indiana University, formerly of the Museu Paulista in São Paulo, Brazil. (From The ETYFish Project)

Synonyms

Opisthanodus Ahl, 1935. [Type species: Opisthanodus haerteli Ahl, 1935.]
Ramirezella Fernández-Yépez, 1946. [Also synonym of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858. Type species: Ramirezella newboldi Fernández-Yépez, 1949.]

References

Bertaco, V. A., Jerep, F. C. & Carvalhom, 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. Preview (PDF)
Eigenmann, C.H. 1903. New genera of South American fresh-water fishes, and new names for old genera. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 45: 144–148. Reference page.
de Lima, F.C.T. & Soares, I.M. 2018. A new Moenkhausia (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Negro basin, Brazil. Zootaxa 4461(1): 69–76. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4461.1.4 Reference page.
Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Abe, K.T., Avelino, G.S. & Oliveira, C. 2013. Molecular phylogeny of Moenkhausia (Characidae) inferred from mitochondrial and nuclear DNA evidence. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research 51(4): 327–332. DOI: 10.1111/jzs.12025 Reference page.
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. Preview (PDF)
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. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3986.4.1. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Reia, L., Vicensotto, A.M.P.F., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. 2019. Taxonomy of Moenkhausia australis Eigenmann, 1908 (Characiformes, Characidae) with a discussion on its phylogenetic relationships. Zootaxa 4688(2): 213–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.2.3 Reference page.
Soares, N.C. & Benine, R.C. 2019. Moenkhausia restricta, a new species from the upper Rio Negro, Amazon basin, northwestern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa 4700(4): 487–493. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.4.7 Reference page.

Links

Moenkhausia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Moenkhausia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.