''Rhytiodus'' is a genus of
headstander
A headstander is any of several species of South American fish, including '' Anostomus ternetzi'', '' Anostomus anostomus'' (family Anostomidae) and members of genus '' Chilodus'' from the family Chilodidae. The name derives from their habit of ...
from the
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributary, tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries ...
in
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 ...
. There are currently four described species.
Species
* ''
Rhytiodus argenteofuscus
''Rhytiodus'' is a genus of headstander from the Amazon Basin in South America. There are currently four described species.
Species
* '' Rhytiodus argenteofuscus'' Kner, 1858
* '' Rhytiodus elongatus'' (Steindachner, 1908)
* '' Rhytiodus lauza ...
''
Kner, 1858
* ''
Rhytiodus elongatus
''Rhytiodus'' is a genus of headstander from the Amazon Basin in South America. There are currently four described species.
Species
* ''Rhytiodus argenteofuscus'' Kner, 1858
* '' Rhytiodus elongatus'' (Steindachner, 1908)
* '' Rhytiodus lauzan ...
''
(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 ...
, 1908)
* ''
Rhytiodus lauzannei''
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 ...
, 1987
* ''
Rhytiodus microlepis''
Kner, 1858
References
*
External links
* https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Rhytiodus-argenteofuscus
* https://amazonwaters.org/fish/aracus/
Anostomidae
Taxa named by Rudolf Kner
Fish of South America
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