Charax (genus)

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