''Tetragonopterus'' is a

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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

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Characidae Characidae, the characids or characins is a family of freshwater subtropical and tropical fish, belonging to the order Characiformes. The name "characins" is the historical one, but scientists today tend to prefer "characids" to reflect their st ...

native 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 ...

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species of this genus: * '' Tetragonopterus anostomus'' G. S. C. Silva & Benine, 2011 Silva, G.S.C. & Benine, R.C. (2011)
A new species of ''Tetragonopterus'' Cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes, Characidae, Tetragonopterinae) from the upper rio Araguaia, Central Brazil.
''Zootaxa, 2911: 50–56.'' * '' Tetragonopterus araguaiensis'' G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2013 Silva, G.S.C., Melo, B.F., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. (2013)
Morphological and molecular evidence for two new species of ''Tetragonopterus'' (Characiformes: Characidae) from central Brazil.
''Journal of Fish Biology, 82 (5): 1613-1631.'' * ''

Tetragonopterus argenteus ''Tetragonopterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Characidae native to South America. Species There are currently 12 recognized species of this genus: * '' Tetragonopterus anostomus'' G. S. C. Silva & Benine, 2011 Silva, G.S.C. & Benine, R. ...

G. Cuvier Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (; 23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in nat ...

, 1816 * ''

Tetragonopterus carvalhoi ''Tetragonopterus'' is a genus of fish in the family Characidae native to South America. Species There are currently 12 recognized species of this genus: * '' Tetragonopterus anostomus'' G. S. C. Silva & Benine, 2011 Silva, G.S.C. & Benine, R. ...

'' B. F. Melo, Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2011 Melo, B.F., Benine, R.C., Mariguela, T.C. & Oliveira, C. (2011)
A new species of ''Tetragonopterus'' Cuvier, 1816 (Characiformes: Characidae: Tetragonopterinae) from the rio Jari, Amapá, northern Brazil.
''Neotropical Ichthyology, 9 (1): 49-56.'' * '' Tetragonopterus chalceus''

Agassiz Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz ( ; ) FRS (For) FRSE (May 28, 1807 – December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-born American biologist and geologist who is recognized as a scholar of Earth's natural history. Spending his early life in Switzerland, he rec ...

, 1829 * '' Tetragonopterus denticulatus'' G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2013 * '' Tetragonopterus franciscoensis'' G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 Silva, G.S.C., Melo, B.F., Oliveira, C. & Benine, R.C. (2016): Revision of the South American genus ''Tetragonopterus'' Cuvier, 1816 (Teleostei: Characidae) with description of four new species. ''Zootaxa, 4200 (1): 1–46.'' * '' Tetragonopterus georgiae'' (

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 follo ...

, 1965) * '' Tetragonopterus juruena'' G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 * '' Tetragonopterus kuluene'' G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 * '' Tetragonopterus ommatus'' G. S. C. Silva, B. F. Melo, C. de Oliveira & Benine, 2016 * '' Tetragonopterus rarus'' ( Zarske,

& Isbrücker, 2004)

References

Characidae Fish of South America Freshwater fish genera Taxa named by Georges Cuvier {{Characiformes-stub