''Apionichthys'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of mostly
freshwater
Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. The term excludes seawater and brackish water, but it does include non-salty mi ...
American sole
The American soles are a family (Achiridae) of flatfish occurring in both freshwater and marine environments of the Americas. The family includes about 35 species in seven genera. These are closely related to the soles (Soleidae), and have be ...
s native to
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It can also be described as the southern Subregion#Americas, subregion o ...
.
Species
The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Apionichthys dumerili''
Kaup, 1858 (longtail sole)
* ''
Apionichthys finis''
( C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
* ''
Apionichthys menezesi''
R. T. C. Ramos, 2003
* ''
Apionichthys nattereri''
(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner descri ...
, 1876)
* ''
Apionichthys rosai''
R. T. C. Ramos, 2003
* ''
Apionichthys sauli''
R. T. C. Ramos, 2003
* ''
Apionichthys seripierriae''
R. T. C. Ramos, 2003
References
American soles
Ray-finned fish genera
Taxa named by Johann Jakob Kaup
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