''Thayeria'' is a genus of
tetras from the
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its 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 of Bolivi ...
, and the
Approuague and
Maroni Rivers in tropical South America. It includes three species, including the
blackline penguinfish, ''T. boehlkei''. Members of this genus, among other characteristics, are small, have one lateral black stripe, and have a
vesica piscis shape. They are peaceful.
Species
* ''
Thayeria boehlkei''
S. H. Weitzman, 1957 (blackline penguinfish)
* ''
Thayeria ifati''
Géry, 1959
* ''
Thayeria obliqua''
C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 (penguinfish)
Location and habitat
''Thayeria'' inhabits small streams and the margins of smaller rivers in the lowland Amazon basin, where it is part of the highly diverse
Neotropical fish The freshwater fish of tropical South and Central America represent one of the most diverse and extreme aquatic ecosystems on Earth, with more than 5,600 species, representing about 10% all living vertebrate species. The exceptional diversity of sp ...
fauna.
References
*
Characidae
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish of South America
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