Oligosarcus

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
Genus: Oligosarcus
Species: O. acutirostris – O. amome – O. argenteus – O. bolivianus – O. brevioris – O. hepsetus – O. jenynsii – O. longirostris – O. macrolepis – O. menezesi – O. oligolepis – O. paranensis – O. perdido – O. pintoi – O. planaltinae – O. robustus – O. schindleri – O. solitarius – O. varii

Name

Oligosarcus Günther, 1864

Type species: Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864

Etymology: oligos, scanty or few; arcus, bowed, allusion not explained nor evident, perhaps referring to “compressed, oblong” shape of O. argenteus. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

Acestrorhamphus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Paroligosarcus Amaral Campos & Trewavas, 1949

References

Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K., Říčan, O. 2015. Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa 3915(4): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.8.Reference page.
Mirande, J.M.; Aguilera, G.; De Las Mercedes Azpelicueta, M. 2011: A threatened new species of Oligosarcus and its phylogenetic relationships, with comments on Astyanacinus (Teleostei: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2994: 1–20. Preview
Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum 5: i–xxii + 1–455. BHL Reference page.
Ribeiro, A.C. & Menezes, N.A. 2015: Phylogenetic relationships of the species and biogeography of the characid genus Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 (Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 3949(1): 41–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.