Hypomasticus

Hypomasticus is a genus of headstander native to tropical South America.[1]

Hypomasticus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Anostomidae
Genus:
Hypomasticus

Borodin, 1929
Type species
Leporinus mormyrops
Steindachner, 1875

Species

There are currently 7 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Hypomasticus despaxi (Puyo, 1943)
  • Hypomasticus julii (dos Santos, Jégu & A. C. Lima, 1996)
  • Hypomasticus lineomaculatus Birindelli, L. A. W. Peixoto, Wosiacki & Britski, 2013[2]
  • Hypomasticus megalepis (Günther, 1863)
  • Hypomasticus mormyrops (Steindachner, 1875)
  • Hypomasticus pachycheilus (Britski, 1976)
  • Hypomasticus thayeri (Borodin, 1929)
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References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Hypomasticus in FishBase. August 2013 version.
  2. Birindelli, J.L.O., Peixoto, L.A.W., Wosiacki, W.B. & Britski, H.A. (2013) New Species of Hypomasticus Borodin, 1929 (Characiformes: Anostomidae) from Tributaries of the Lower Rio Amazonas, Brazil. Copeia, 2013 (3): 464-469.


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