Psalidodon

Genus of fishes

Psalidodon

Psalidodon paranae
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Stethaprioninae
Genus:	Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911
Synonyms
Astyanax

Psalidodon is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae of the order Characiformes. Some of these fish, like many of their relatives, are kept as aquarium pets and known collectively as tetras.

They are all endemic to freshwater habitats in South America, where they are locally called Mojarra or Lambari.

Taxonomy and systematics

This genus was resurrected from synonymy with Astyanax in 2020.^[1]

Species

These are the recognized species in this genus:^[2]

Psalidodon anisitsi (Eigenmann, 1907)
Psalidodon bifasciatus (Garavello & Sampaio, 2010)
Psalidodon bockmanni (Vari & Castro, 2007)
Psalidodon chico (Casciotta & Almirón, 2004)
Psalidodon correntinus (Holmberg, 1891)
Psalidodon dissensus (Lucena & Thofehrn, 2013)^[3]
Psalidodon eigenmanniorum (Cope, 1894)
Psalidodon endy (Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2006)
Psalidodon erythropterus (Holmberg, 1891)
Psalidodon fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819)
Psalidodon gymnodontus Eigenmann, 1911
Psalidodon gymnogenys (Eigenmann, 1911)
Psalidodon hermosus (Miquelarena, Protogino & López, 2005)
Psalidodon ita (Almirón, Azpelicueta & Casciotta, 2002)
Psalidodon jequitinhonhae (Steindachner, 1877)
Psalidodon leonidas (Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Almirón, 2002)
Psalidodon marionae (Eigenmann, 1911)
Psalidodon ojiara (Azpelicueta & Garcia, 2000)
Psalidodon pampa (Casciotta, Almirón & Azpelicueta, 2005)
Psalidodon parahybae (Eigenmann, 1908)
Psalidodon paranae (Eigenmann, 1914)
Psalidodon pellegrini (Eigenmann, 1907)
Psalidodon powelli (Terán, Butí & Mirande, 2017)
Psalidodon puka (Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2007)
Psalidodon pynandi (Casciotta, Almirón, Bechara, Roux & Ruíz Díaz, 2003)
Psalidodon rioparanaibanus Alves, Oliveira, Pasa & Kavalco, 2020
Psalidodon rivularis (Lütken, 1875)
Psalidodon rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
Psalidodon schubarti (Britski, 1964)
Psalidodon troya (Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Almirón, 2002)
Psalidodon tumbayaensis (Miquelarena & Menni, 2005)
Psalidodon xavante (Garutti & Venere, 2009)
Psalidodon xiru (Lucena, Castro & Bertaco, 2013)^[3]

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References

^ Guillermo E. Terán; Mauricio F. Benitez; J. Marcos Mirande (2020). "Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of Astyanax, two new genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (4): 1217–1234. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa019.
^ Bailly, Nicolas (2015). "Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b Lucena CA, Castro JB, Bertaco VA (2013). "Three new species of Astyanax from drainages of southern Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 11 (3): 537–552. doi:10.1590/s1679-62252013000300007.