''Rhoadsia'' is a genus 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 ...
s
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to river basins in western
Ecuador
Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...
. There are currently two described species in this genus.
Species
* ''
Rhoadsia altipinna''
Fowler, 1911
* ''
Rhoadsia minor''
C. H. Eigenmann & Henn
Henn is a both a surname and an Estonian masculine given name.
Notable people with the name include:
As a given name
* Henn-Ants Kurg (1898–1943), Estonian military colonel and diplomat
* Henn Pärn (born 1941), Estonian politician
* Hen ...
, 1914
References
*
Rhoadsiini
Freshwater fish of Ecuador
Endemic fauna of Ecuador
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler
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