Hemibrycon

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Hemibrycon
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Hemibrycon sanjuanensis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Hemibryconinae
Genus: Hemibrycon
Günther, 1864

Hemibrycon is a genus of characins. They are mainly found in South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean), and H. dariensis of east Panama. [1]

Species

There are currently 58 recognized species in this genus: [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 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 Hemibrycon". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 Román-Valencia, C.; Ruiz-C., R.I.; Taphorn, D.C.; Mancera-Rodriguez, N.J.; García-Alzate, C.A. (2013). "Three new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Magdalena River Basin, Colombia". Revista de Biología Tropical. 61 (3): 1365–1387. doi:10.15517/rbt.v61i3.11965. PMID   24027929.
  4. Román-Valencia, C.; Ruiz-C., R.I.; Taphorn, D.C.; García-Alzate, C.A. (2014). "A new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes, Characidae) from the upper San Juan River drainage, Pacific versant, Colombia". ZooKeys (454): 109–125. Bibcode:2014ZooK..454..109R. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.454.6954 . PMC   4258741 . PMID   25493068.
  5. García-Alzate, C.A.; Román-Valencia, C.; Taphorn, D.C. (2015). "A new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae), a freshwater fish from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Caribbean drainage, Colombia". Research Journal of the Costa Rican Distance Education University. 7 (1): 89–97.