Grundulus

Grundulus
G. bogotensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily:	Grundulinae
Genus:	Grundulus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1846
Synonyms
Ctenocharax Regan, 1907 RhodeoidesThominot, 1884

Grundulus is a genus of characins found in Colombia and Ecuador in South America. A biogeographical analysis in 2010 found they are endemic to coldwater lakes of glacial origin in the northern Andes mountain range. ^[1]

Species

There are currently three described species: ^[2]

• Grundulus bogotensis (Humboldt, 1821)
• Grundulus cochae Román-Valencia, Paepke & Pantoja, 2003
• Grundulus quitoensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-Calderón & Barriga, 2005

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Grundulus". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. CÉSAR ROMÁN-VALENCIA; JAMES A. VANEGAS-RÍOS & RAQUEL I. RUIZ-C. (2010) [30 April 2009]. "Phylogenetic and biogeographic study of the Andean genus Grundulus (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae)". Vertebrate Zoology. 60 (2): 107–122. doi: 10.3897/vz.60.e30997 . ISSN   1864-5755.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Grundulus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 12 April 2025.