''Charax'' is a genus containing several species of South American
tetra
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s, including the glass headstander, ''
C. gibbosus''. These fish, among other characteristics, are small and have a
rhomboid
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A parallelogram with sides of equal length ( equilateral) is a rhombus but not a rhomboid. ...
shape. Some species are semi-translucent.
Species
There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:
* ''
Charax apurensis Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in L ...
''
C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
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Charax caudimaculatus''
C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
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Charax condei Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in L ...
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Géry & Knöppel, 1976
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Charax delimai''
Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2014 [Menezes, N.A. & Lucena, C.A.S.d. (2014): A taxonomic review of the species of ''Charax'' Scopoli, 1777 (Teleostei: Characidae: Characinae) with description of a new species from the rio Negro bearing superficial neuromasts on body scales, Amazon basin, Brazil. ''Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 193-228''.]
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Charax gibbosus
The glass headstander, (''Charax gibbosus''), is a species of fish in the genus ''Charax Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, ...
''
Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...
, 1758
Events
January–March
* January 1 – Swedish biologist Carl Linnaeus (Carl von Linné) publishes in Stockholm the first volume (''Animalia'') of the 10th edition of ''Systema Naturae'', the starting point of modern zoological ...
(Glass headstander)
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Charax hemigrammus''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
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Charax leticiae''
C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
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Charax macrolepis''
Kner, 1858
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Charax metae''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
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Charax michaeli''
C. A. S. de Lucena, 1989
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Charax niger''
C. A. S. de Lucena, 1989
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Charax notulatus''
C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
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Charax pauciradiatus''
Günther, 1864
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Charax rupununi''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
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Charax stenopterus''
Cope
The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colours, litu ...
, 1894
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Charax tectifer Charax (Χάραξ) may refer to:
* Charax, alternate name of Acharaca, an ancient oracle site in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Charakipolis, an ancient town in Lydia, Anatolia
* Charax, alternate name of Tralles, an ancient city in L ...
''
Cope
The cope (known in Latin as ''pluviale'' 'rain coat' or ''cappa'' 'cape') is a liturgical vestment, more precisely a long mantle or cloak, open in front and fastened at the breast with a band or clasp. It may be of any liturgical colours, litu ...
, 1870
References
Characidae
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