''Sartor'' 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 ...

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 ...

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

. The genus is found in the eastern

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 ...

, specifically in the Xingu,

Tocantins Tocantins () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is the newest state, formed in 1988 and encompassing what had formerly been the northern two-fifths of the state of Goiás. Tocantins covers and had an estimated population of 1,496,880 in 2014 ...

, Mapuera and

Trombetas The Trombetas is a large river on the northern side of the Amazon River. Course The Trombetas is long, and is navigable by 500 ton vessels for a stretch of . The Trombetas river gives birth to very many rivers, including the Anamu river. It is ...

basins.

Species

There are currently three recognized species in this genus: * '' Sartor elongatus'' dos Santos & Jégu, 1987 * '' Sartor respectus'' G. S. Myers & A. L. de Carvalho, 1959 * '' Sartor tucuruiense'' dos Santos & Jégu, 1987

References

Anostomidae Fish of the Amazon basin Freshwater fish of Brazil Endemic fish of Brazil Taxa named by George S. Myers Taxa named by Antenor Leitão de Carvalho {{Characiformes-stub