Bario (fish)

Bario
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily:	Thayeriinae
Genus:	Bario ; Meyers, 1940
Type species
	Tetragonopterus steindachneri; Eigenmann, 1893
Synonyms
	EntomolepisEigenmann, 1893 (Preoccupied)

Last updated April 26, 2025

Bario is an American genus of characins. The glass tetra and redeye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus. Most of the species, except the formerly monotypic type species, were formerly classified in Moenkhausia .

Species

Nine species are currently valid:^[1]

Bario australe C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
Bario cosmops F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007
Bario diktyota F. C. T. Lima & Toledo-Piza, 2001
Bario forestii Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2009
Bario lineomaculatus D'Agosta, Marinho & Benine, 2015^[2]
Bario oligolepis (Günther, 1864) (Glass tetra)
Bario sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) (Redeye tetra)
Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)
Bario uirapuru Ohara & F. C. T. Lima, 2015^[3]

References

↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bario". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 April 2025.
↑ Dagosta, F.C.P.; Marinho, M.M.F.; Benine, R.C. (2015). "A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4032 (4): 417–425.
↑ Ohara, W.M.; Lima, F.C.T. (2015). "Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 26 (2): 159–170.

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[1] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bario". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 25 April 2025.

[Dagosta2015-2] Dagosta, F.C.P.; Marinho, M.M.F.; Benine, R.C. (2015). "A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4032 (4): 417–425.

[Ohara2015-3] Ohara, W.M.; Lima, F.C.T. (2015). "Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 26 (2): 159–170.

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