Jupiaba

Jupiaba
Jupiaba pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily:	Jupiabinae Benine & Ota, 2024 [1]
Genus:	Jupiaba Zanata, 1997 [2]
Type species
Jupiaba poranga Zanata, 1997 [2]

Jupiaba is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are from South America. It is the only member of the subfamily Jupiabinae. ^{[2] [1]}

Species

Jupiaba contains the following valid species: ^[3]

• Jupiaba abramoides (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
• Jupiaba acanthogaster (C. H. Eigenmann, 1911)
• Jupiaba ajuricaba (Marinho & F. C. T. Lima, 2009)
• Jupiaba anterior (C, H. Eigenmann, 1908)
• Jupiaba anteroides (Géry, 1965)
• Jupiaba apenima Zanata, 1997
• Jupiaba asymmetrica (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
• Jupiaba atypindi Zanata, 1997
• Jupiaba citrina Zanata & Ohara, 2009
• Jupiaba elassonaktis T. N. A. Pereira & Lucinda, 2007
• Jupiaba essequibensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
• Jupiaba iasy Netto-Ferreira, Zanata, Birindelli & Sousa, 2009
• Jupiaba keithi (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
• Jupiaba kurua Birindelli, Zanata, Sousa & Netto-Ferreira, 2009
• Jupiaba maroniensis (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
• Jupiaba meunieri (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
• Jupiaba minor (Travassos, 1964)
• Jupiaba mucronata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
• Jupiaba ocellata (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
• Jupiaba paranatinga Netto-Ferreira, Zanata, Birindelli & Sousa, 2009
• Jupiaba pinnata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
• Jupiaba pirana Zanata, 1997
• Jupiaba poekotero Zanata & F. C. T. Lima, 2005
• Jupiaba polylepis (Günther, 1864)
• Jupiaba poranga Zanata, 1997
• Jupiaba potaroensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
• Jupiaba scologaster (M. J. Weitzman & Vari, 1986) ^[4]
• Jupiaba yarina Zanata, 1997
• Jupiaba zonata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)

References

1. Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; et al. (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1) zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. ISSN   0024-4082.
2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 6 May 2025.
3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Jupiaba". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 October 2025.
4. Astyanax scologaster, a new Characid (Pisces: Ostariophysi) from the Rio Negro, South America by Marilyn J. Weitzman and Richard P. Vari Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:709-716 (1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.