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Moenkhausia 
Moenkhausia pittieri Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae Genus: Moenkhausia
Eigenmann, 1903Species over 60, see species section
Moenkhausia is a genus of tetras in the family Characidae. The diamond tetra (Moenkhausia pittieri) and red eye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus.
Species
The Integrated Taxonomic Information System lists the following species for the genus:
- M. affinis
- M. agnesae
- M. atahualpiana
- M. barbouri
- M. bonita
- M. browni
- M. ceros
- M. chrysargyrea
- M. collettii
- M. comma
- M. copei
- M. costae
- M. cotinho
- M. crisnejas
- M. dichroura
- M. diktyota
- M. doceana
- M. dorsinuda
- M. eigenmanni
- M. georgiae
- M. gracilima
- M. grandisquamis
- M. hasemani
- M. hemigrammoides
- M. inrai
- M. intermedia
- M. jamesi
- M. justae
- M. lata
- M. latissima
- M. lepidura
- M. levidorsa
- M. lopezi
- M. loweae
- M. margitae
- M. megalops
- M. melogramma
- M. metae
- M. miangi
- M. moisae
- M. naponis
- M. newtoni
- M. nigromarginata
- M. oligolepis – Glass tetra
- M. orteguasae
- M. ovalis
- M. phaeonota
- M. pittieri – Diamond tetra
- M. pyrophthalma
- M. robertsi
- M. sanctaefilomenae – Red eye tetra,
Yellow-banded moenkhausia
- M. shideleri
- M. simulata
- M. surinamensis
- M. takasei – Black-jacket tetra
- M. tergimacula
- M. tridentata
- M. xinguensis
Additional species which have been described since 2004, according to FishBase:
- M. cosmops – described 2007
- M. diamantina – described 2007
- M. heikoi – described 2004
- M. hysterosticta – described 2007
- M. pankilopteryx – described 2006
- M. petymbuaba – described 2006
- M. rara – described 2004
Additionally, the new characid fish M. aurantia was described by Bertaco, Jerep, & Carvalho in 2011.[1]
References
- ^ Bertaco, V.A., Jerep, F.C., & Carvalho, F.R. (2011). "A new characid fish, Moenkhausia aurantia (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), from the upper rio Tocantins basin in Central Brazil." Zootaxa 2934: 29-38.
- "Moenkhausia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=162985. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
- FishBase (2009): Moenkhausia species. Retrieved 31 July 2009.
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