Markiana

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Markiana
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Markiana nigripinnis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Landoninae
Genus: Markiana
C. H. Eigenmann, 1903 [1]
Type species
Tetragonopterus nigripinnis
Perugia, 1891 [1]

Markiana is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. These fishes are found in tropical South America. [2]

Species

Markiana contains the following valid species: [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  2. 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, (2015) 15: 146.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Markiana". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 31 August 2025.