Charax (genus)

Updated on Dec 22, 2023

Edit

Comment

Kingdom Animalia Subfamily Characinae Phylum Chordata Rank Genus		Family Characidae Scientific name Charax Higher classification Characidae Order Characiformes

Similar Charax gibbosus, Characidae, Characiformes, Roeboides, Cynopotamus

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.

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

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

Charax (genus) Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA