Diapoma

Diapoma
	Diapoma speculiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Diapominae
Genus:	Diapoma ; Cope, 1894
Synonyms
	CyanocharaxMalabarba & Weitzman, 2003

Last updated September 12, 2025

Diapoma is a genus of characins from tropical South America.^[1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

Diapoma alburnus (R. F. Hensel, 1870)
Diapoma alegretensis (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
Diapoma dicropotamicus (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
Diapoma guarani (Mahnert & Géry, 1987)
Diapoma itaimbe (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
Diapoma lepiclastus (L. R. Malabarba, S. H. Weitzman & Casciotta, 2003)
Diapoma obi (Casciotta, Almirón, Piálek & Říčan, 2012)
Diapoma pyrrhopteryx Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2011
Diapoma speculiferum Cope, 1894
Diapoma terofali (Géry, 1964)
Diapoma thauma Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2011
Diapoma tipiaia (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
Diapoma uruguayensis (Messner, 1962)

References

1 2 Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.

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[Thomaz2015-1] 1 2 Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.

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