Charax (fish)

Charax is a genus containing several species of South American tetras, including the glass headstander, C. gibbosus. These fish, among other characteristics, are small and have a rhomboid shape. Some species are semi-translucent.

Charax
Charax stenopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Characinae
Genus: Charax
Scopoli, 1777
Type species
Salmo gibbosus
Species

See text

Species

There are currently 16 recognized species in this genus:

  • Charax apurensis C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
  • Charax caudimaculatus C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
  • Charax condei Géry & Knöppel, 1976
  • Charax delimai Menezes & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2014 [1]
  • Charax gibbosus Linnaeus, 1758 (Glass headstander)
  • Charax hemigrammus C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Charax leticiae C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
  • Charax macrolepis Kner, 1858
  • Charax metae C. H. Eigenmann, 1922
  • Charax michaeli C. A. S. de Lucena, 1989
  • Charax niger C. A. S. de Lucena, 1989
  • Charax notulatus C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
  • Charax pauciradiatus Günther, 1864
  • Charax rupununi C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
  • Charax stenopterus Cope, 1894
  • Charax tectifer Cope, 1870

References
  1. Menezes, N.A. & Lucena, C.A.S.d. (2014): A taxonomic review of the species of Charax Scopoli, 1777 (Teleostei: Characidae: Characinae) with description of a new species from the rio Negro bearing superficial neuromasts on body scales, Amazon basin, Brazil. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 193-228.


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