''Poptella'' is a genus of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
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.: "Relationshi ...
family found in
tropical
The tropics are the regions of Earth surrounding the Equator. They are defined in latitude by the Tropic of Cancer in the Northern Hemisphere at N and the Tropic of Capricorn in
the Southern Hemisphere at S. The tropics are also referred to ...
South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere at the northern tip of the continent. It can also be described as the southe ...
, with four currently described species:
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Poptella brevispina
''Poptella'' is a genus of fish in the characin family found in tropical South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Nor ...
''
R. E. dos Reis, 1989
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Poptella compressa
''Poptella'' is a genus of fish in the characin family found in tropical South America, with four currently described species:
* ''Poptella brevispina
''Poptella'' is a genus of fish in the characin family found in tropical South America
...
''
( Günther, 1864)
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Poptella longipinnis
''Poptella'' is a genus of fish in the characin family found in tropical South America, with four currently described species:
* ''Poptella brevispina'' R. E. dos Reis, 1989
* ''Poptella compressa
''Poptella'' is a genus of fish in the charac ...
''
( Popta, 1901)
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Poptella paraguayensis
''Poptella'' is a genus of fish in the characin family found in tropical South America, with four currently described species:
* ''Poptella brevispina'' R. E. dos Reis, 1989
* ''Poptella compressa'' ( Günther, 1864)
* ''Poptella longipinnis
...
''
( C. H. Eigenmann, 1907)
References
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Stethaprionini
Fish of South America
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
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