''Pseudanos'' 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 Chilodontidae. The name derives from their habit of ...

from

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 ...

, where found in the

Orinoco The Orinoco () is one of the longest rivers in South America at . Its drainage basin, sometimes known as the Orinoquia, covers , with 76.3 percent of it in Venezuela and the remainder in Colombia. It is the fourth largest river in the wor ...

and

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 ...

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus: *'' Pseudanos gracilis'' ( Kner, 1858) *'' Pseudanos irinae'' R. Winterbottom, 1980 *'' Pseudanos trimaculatus'' ( Kner, 1858) (Threespot headstander) *'' Pseudanos varii'' Birindelli, F. C. T. Lima & Britski, 2012Birindelli, J.L.O., Lima, F.C.T. & Britski, H.A. (2012): New species of ''Pseudanos'' Winterbottom, 1980 (Characiformes: Anostomidae), with notes on the taxonomy of ''P. gracilis'' and ''P. trimaculatus''. ''Zootaxa, 3425: 55–68.'' *''

Pseudanos winterbottomi ''Pseudanos'' is a genus of headstander from South America, where found in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins. Species There are currently five recognized species in this genus: *''Pseudanos gracilis'' (Rudolf Kner, Kner, 1858) *''Pseudanos irinae'' ...

'' Sidlauskas & dos Santos, 2005

References

Anostomidae Fish of South America {{Characiformes-stub