Cheirodon

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Cheirodon
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Cheirodon interruptus .
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Cheirodon
Girard, 1855 [1]
Type species
Cheirodon pisciculus
Girard, 1855 [1]
Synonyms [1]

Cheirodon is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus occur in South America. Of the current species assigned to this genus; one, C. jaguaribensis, is placed here as a convenience, as its actual position in Characidae is unknown, or incertae sedis . [2] Four species from this genus are endemic to southern Chile and are the only living species within the Characiformes found in the southern part of South America, west of the Andes. [3]

Species

Cheirodon contains the following valid species: [2]

In addition, four species, C. jaguaribensis , C. luelingi , C. macropterus and C. ortegai are listed as species inquirenda , i.e. of uncertain status, by Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes . [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Cheirodon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 24 September 2025.
  3. ↑ T.C. Mariguela; G. Ortí; G.S. Avelino; K.T. Abe; C. Oliveira (2013). "Composition and interrelationships of a large Neotropical freshwater fish group, the subfamily Cheirodontinae (Characiformes: Characidae): A case study based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (1): 23–34. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.011.


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