Knodus

Knodus is a genus of characins, small freshwater fish from South America.[1][2]

Knodus
Scientific classification
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Stevardiinae
Genus:
Knodus

Synonyms

Bryconadenos Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & Burns, 2005

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species of this genus:[1][3]

  • Knodus alpha (C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[2]
  • Knodus borki Zarske, 2008
  • Knodus breviceps (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
  • Knodus caquetae Fowler, 1945
  • Knodus chapadae (Fowler, 1906)
  • Knodus cinarucoense (Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008)[2]
  • Knodus delta Géry, 1972
  • Knodus deuterodonoides (C. H. Eigenmann, 1914)[2]
  • Knodus dorsomaculatus K. M. Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2010
  • Knodus figueiredoi Esguícero & R. M. C. Castro, 2014[4]
  • Knodus gamma Géry, 1972
  • Knodus geryi F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2004
  • Knodus heteresthes (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
  • Knodus jacunda (Fowler, 1913)[2]
  • Knodus longus Zarske & Géry, 2006
  • Knodus megalops G. S. Myers, 1929
  • Knodus meridae C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
  • Knodus mizquae (Fowler, 1943)
  • Knodus moenkhausii (C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903)
  • Knodus nuptialis Menezes & Marinho, 2019[5]
  • Knodus orteguasae (Fowler, 1943)
  • Knodus pasco Zarske, 2007
  • Knodus savannensis Géry, 1961
  • Knodus septentrionalis Géry, 1972
  • Knodus shinahota K. M. Ferreira & Carvajal-Vallejos, 2007
  • Knodus smithi (Fowler, 1913)
  • Knodus tanaothoros (S. H. Weitzman, Menezes, Evers & J. R. Burns, 2005)[2]
  • Knodus tiquiensis K. M. Ferreira & F. C. T. Lima, 2006
  • Knodus victoriae (Steindachner, 1907)
  • Knodus weitzmani (Menezes, Netto-Ferreira & K. M. Ferreira, 2009)[2]
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References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). Species of Knodus in FishBase. August 2019 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.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N.; R. Fricke & R. van der Laan (eds.). "Knodus species". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  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., and 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. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0217915


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