Saccoderma

Saccoderma
Saccoderma hastata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Cheirodontinae
Genus:	Saccoderma Schultz, 1944 [1]
Type species
Saccoderma melanostigma Schultz, 1944 [1]

Saccoderma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in Colombia and Venezuela.

Species

Saccoderma contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Saccoderma hastata C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
• Saccoderma melanostigma Schultz, 1944

On addition there are two taxa which are regarded as species inquirenda , S. falcata and S. robusta , both described by Georg Dahl in 1955. ^{[2] [3]}

References

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

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Saccoderma". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
3. Toledo-Piza, M.; E. G. Baena; F. C. P. Dagosta; et al. (2024). "Checklist of the species of the Order Characiformes (Teleostei: Ostariophysi)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 22 (1) e230086: 1–548. doi:10.1590/1982-0224-2023-0086. lsid:zoobank.org:pub:3A8C03AC-C66B-49B5-9269-E9A26ABA7EBF.