''Megalamphodus'' 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
characin
Characiformes is an order of ray-finned fish, comprising the characins and their allies. Grouped in 18 recognized families, more than 2000 different species are described, including the well-known piranha and tetras.; Buckup P.A.: "Relationsh ...
native to the
Neotropics
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In biogeog ...
. Many prominent ornamental
tetra
Tetra is the common name of many small freshwater characiform fishes. Tetras come from Africa, Central America, and South America, belonging to the biological families Characidae, Alestidae (the "African tetras"), Lepidarchidae, Lebiasi ...
s belong to this genus.
Although recognized as a distinct genus early on, it was later synonymized with ''
Hyphessobrycon
''Hyphessobrycon'' is a genus of freshwater fish in the family (biology), family Characidae. These species are among the fishes known as tetras. The genus is distributed in the Neotropical realm from southern Mexico to Río de la Plata in Argenti ...
''. More recent studies have resurrected this genus, and have found that it belongs to a different subfamily of the Acestrorhamphidae than ''Hyphessobrycon''.
Taxonomy
The following species are placed in this genus:
* ''
Megalamphodus bentosi''
( Durbin, 1908) (ornate tetra)
* ''
Megalamphodus copelandi''
(Durbin, 1908)
* ''
Megalamphodus epicharis''
(S. H. Weitzman & L. F. Palmer, 1997)
* ''
Megalamphodus eques''
(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 ...
, 1882) (jewel tetra)
* ''
Megalamphodus erythrostigma''
( Fowler, 1943) (bleeding-heart tetra)
* ''
Megalamphodus haraldschultzi''
( Travassos, 1960)
* ''
Megalamphodus khardinae''
(Zarske, 2008)
* ''
Megalamphodus megalopterus''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 (black-phantom tetra)
* ''
Megalamphodus micropterus''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
* ''
Megalamphodus rosaceus''
(Durbin, 1909) (rosy tetra)
* ''
Megalamphodus socolofi''
(S. H. Weitzman, 1977) (spot-fin tetra)
* ''
Megalamphodus sweglesi''
Géry
Géry () is a commune in the Meuse department in Grand Est in north-eastern France.
See also
*Communes of the Meuse department
The following is a list of the 499 Communes of France, communes of the Meuse (department), Meuse Departments of ...
, 1961 (red-phantom tetra)
References
{{Taxonbar, from=Q107268889
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish of South America
Freshwater fish genera
Characiformes genera