Glandulocauda

Glandulocauda is a genus of small characin freshwater fish that are endemic to Brazil, where restricted to the upper Paraná basin and coastal river basins in São Paulo state.[1][2] The genus it is closely related to Lophiobrycon and Mimagoniates, and they form the tribe Glandulocaudini.[2]

Glandulocauda
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Glandulocauda

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus.[1][2]

  • Glandulocauda caerulea Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2009
  • Glandulocauda melanopleura (M. D. Ellis, 1911)
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Glandulocauda in FishBase. December 2018 version.
  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.


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