Knodus

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Knodus
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Knodus borki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Diapominae
Genus: Knodus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 [1]
Type species
Knodus meridae
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911 [1]
Synonyms [1]

Knodus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in South America. [2]

Species

Knodus contains the following valid species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapominae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Knodus". FishBase . June 2024 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Knodus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 September 2025.
  4. Esguícero, A.L.H.; Castro, R.M.C. (2014). "Knodus figueiredoi, a new characid from the Rio das Garças, upper Rio Araguaia basin, Brazil, with comments on the taxonomic limits of the genera Knodus and Bryconamericus (Teleostei: Characidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (1): 39–48.
  5. Menezes, N.A.; M.M.F. Marinho (2019). "A New Species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) with Comments on Nuptial Tubercles and Gill Gland in Characiform Fishes". PLOS ONE. 14 (7): e0217915. Bibcode:2019PLoSO..1417915M. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0217915 . PMC   6619666 . PMID   31291277.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  6. Katiane M. Ferreira; Willian Massaharu Ohara (2022). "A New Rheophilic Species of Knodus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae: Stevardiinae) from the upper rio Juruena, rio Tapajós basin, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil". Zootaxa. 5227 (3): 365–377. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5227.3.5. PMID   37044684.