- Charax (genus)
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Charax Charax stenopterus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Characiformes Family: Characidae Subfamily: Characinae Genus: Charax
Scopoli, 1777Species See text.
The genus Charax is a genus containing several species of tetras, including the glass headstander, Charax gibbosus. These fish, among other characteristics, are small, translucent, and have a rhomboid shape.
Species
- Charax apurensis C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
- Charax caudimaculatus C. A. S. de Lucena, 1987
- Charax condei (Géry & Knöppel, 1976)
- 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)
- Charax unimaculatus C. A. S. de Lucena, 1989
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Charax in FishBase. October 2011 version.
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