''Knodus'' is a
genus
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of
characins, small freshwater fish from
South America
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.
[Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. ''BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.'']
Species
There are currently 30 recognized species of this genus:
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* '' Knodus borki'' Zarske, 2008
* '']Knodus breviceps
''Knodus'' is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification ...
'' ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
* '' Knodus caquetae'' Fowler, 1945
* '' Knodus chapadae'' ( Fowler, 1906)
* '' Knodus cinarucoense'' ( Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008)[
* '' Knodus delta'' ]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 the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, 1972
* '' Knodus deuterodonoides'' ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[
* '' Knodus dorsomaculatus'' K. M. Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2010
* '']Knodus figueiredoi
''Knodus'' is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification ...
'' Esguícero & R. M. C. Castro, 2014[Esguícero, A.L.H. & Castro, R.M.C. (2014): ''Knodus figueiredoi'', a new characid from the Rio das Garças, upper Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomic limits of the genera ''Knodus'' and ''Bryconamericus'' (Teleostei: Characidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 25 (1): 39-48.'']
* ''Knodus gamma
''Knodus'' is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification ...
'' 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 the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, 1972
* ''Knodus geryi
''Knodus'' is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification ...
'' F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado
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, 2004
* '' Knodus heteresthes'' ( C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
* '' Knodus jacunda'' ( Fowler, 1913)[
* '' Knodus longus'' Zarske & ]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 the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, 2006
* '' Knodus megalops'' G. S. Myers, 1929
* '' Knodus meridae'' C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
* '' Knodus mizquae'' ( Fowler, 1943)
* '' Knodus moenkhausii'' ( C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903)
* '' Knodus nuptialis'' Menezes & Marinho, 2019[Menezes, N.A., and M.M.F. Marinho (2019). A New Species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with Comments on Nuptial Tubercles and Gill Gland in Characiform Fishes. PLoS ONE 14(7): e0217915. ]
* '' Knodus orteguasae'' ( Fowler, 1943)
* '' Knodus pasco'' Zarske, 2007
* '' Knodus savannensis'' 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 the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, 1961
* '' Knodus septentrionalis'' 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 the Meuse department of France.
The communes cooperate in the fo ...
, 1972
* '' Knodus shinahota'' K. M. Ferreira & Carvajal-Vallejos, 2007
* '' Knodus smithi'' ( Fowler, 1913)
* '' Knodus tanaothoros'' ( S. H. Weitzman, Menezes Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de ...
, Evers & J. R. Burns, 2005)[
* '' Knodus tiquiensis'' K. M. Ferreira & F. C. T. Lima, 2006
* '' Knodus victoriae'' ( Steindachner, 1907)
* '' Knodus weitzmani'' (]Menezes Menezes, sometimes Meneses, was originally a Portuguese toponymic surname which originated in Montes Torozos, a region in Tierra de Campos, northeast of Valladolid and southeast of Palencia. The ancestor of the Meneses lineage was Tello Pérez de ...
, Netto-Ferreira & K. M. Ferreira, 2009)[
]
References
Characidae
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish of South America
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