Gephyrocharax

Gephyrocharax
Gephyrocharax melanocheir
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Stevardiinae
Genus:	Gephyrocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Type species
Gephyrocharax chocoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912

Gephyrocharax is a genus of characins found in South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean, and Panama. ^[1]

Species

There are currently 12 recognized species in this genus: ^[2]

• Gephyrocharax atracaudatus (Meek & Hildebrand, 1912)
• Gephyrocharax caucanus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Gephyrocharax chocoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Gephyrocharax intermedius Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
• Gephyrocharax machadoi Ferreira, Faria, Ribeiro, Santana, Quagio-Grassioto & Menezes, 2018
• Gephyrocharax major G. S. Myers, 1929
• Gephyrocharax martae Dahl, 1943
• Gephyrocharax melanocheir C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
• Gephyrocharax sinuensis Dahl, 1964
• Gephyrocharax torresi Vanegas-Ríos, Azpelicueta, Mirande & García Gonzáles, 2013 ^[3]
• Gephyrocharax valencia C. H. Eigenmann, 1920
• Gephyrocharax venezuelae L. P. Schultz, 1944

References

1. 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. 15 (1): 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4 . PMC   4509481 . PMID   26195030.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Gephyrocharax". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 10 April 2025.
3. Vanegas-Ríos, J.A.; Azpelicueta, M.d.l.M.; Mirande, J.M.; García Gonzales, M.D. (2013). "Gephyrocharax torresi (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae), a new species from the río Cascajales basin, río Magdalena system, Colombia". Neotropical Ichthyology. 11 (2): 275–284. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252013000200005.

• Vanegas-Ríos, J.A. (2016). "Taxonomic review of the Neotropical genus Gephyrocharax Eigenmann, 1912 (Characiformes, Characidae, Stevardiinae)". Zootaxa. 4100 (1): 1–92. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4100.1.1. hdl:11336/54353. PMID   27394606.