Oligosarcus

Oligosarcus
Oligosarcus jenynsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Genus: Oligosarcus
Günther, 1864

Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil, They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 581–590.
  2. 1 2 Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 541-546.


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