Bryconamericus Explained

Bryconamericus is a genus of characins found in Central and South America.^[1]

Species

There are currently 81 recognized species in this genus:

• Bryconamericus agna Azpelicueta & Almirón, 2001
• Bryconamericus alfredae Eigenmann, 1927^[1]
• Bryconamericus alpha Eigenmann, 1914^[1]
• Bryconamericus andresoi Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus arilepis Román-Valencia, Vanegas-Ríos & Ruiz-C., 2008^[1]
• Bryconamericus bolivianus N. E. Pearson, 1924^[1]
• Bryconamericus brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
• Bryconamericus bucayensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2013^{[1] [2]}
• Bryconamericus caldasi Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2014^[3]
• Bryconamericus carlosi Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus caucanus C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
• Bryconamericus charalae Román-Valencia, 2005^[1]
• Bryconamericus cinarucoense Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008
• Bryconamericus cismontanus C. H. Eigenmann, 1914^[1]
• Bryconamericus coeruleus Jerep & Shibatta, 2017
• Bryconamericus cristiani Román-Valencia, 1999
• Bryconamericus dahli Román-Valencia, 2000
• Bryconamericus deuterodonoides C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
• Bryconamericus diaphanus (Cope, 1878)^[1]
• Bryconamericus ecai J. F. P. da Silva, 2004
• Bryconamericus ecuadorensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn B., Jiménez-Prado & García-Alzate, 2015
• Bryconamericus eigenmanni (Evermann & Kendall, 1906)
• Bryconamericus emperador (C. H. Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907)
• Bryconamericus exodon C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
• Bryconamericus foncensis Román-Valencia, Vanegas-Ríos & Ruiz-C., 2009^[1]
• Bryconamericus galvisi Román-Valencia, 2002
• Bryconamericus grosvenori C. H. Eigenmann, 1927^[1]
• Bryconamericus guaytarae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
• Bryconamericus guizae Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus guyanensis Zarske, Le Bail & Géry, 2010^[1]
• Bryconamericus huilae Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus hyphesson C. H. Eigenmann, 1909^[1]
• Bryconamericus icelus Dahl, 1964^[1]
• Bryconamericus ichoensis Román-Valencia, 2000^[1]
• Bryconamericus iheringii (Boulenger, 1887)
• Bryconamericus ikaa Casciotta, Almirón & Azpelicueta, 2004
• Bryconamericus indefessus (Mirande, G. Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2004)^[1]
• Bryconamericus lambari L. R. Malabarba & Kindel, 1995
• Bryconamericus lassorum Román-Valencia, 2002^[1]
• Bryconamericus loisae Géry, 1964
• Bryconamericus macarenae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010^[1]
• Bryconamericus macrophthalmus Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus megalepis Fowler, 1941^[1]
• Bryconamericus mennii Miquelarena, Protogino, Filiberto & H. L. López, 2002
• Bryconamericus microcephalus (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1908)
• Bryconamericus miraensis (Fowler, 1945
• Bryconamericus motatanensis L. P. Schultz, 1944^[1]
• Bryconamericus multiradiatus Dahl, 1960^[1]
• Bryconamericus novae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914^[1]
• Bryconamericus orinocoense Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus ornaticeps Bizerril & Peres-Neto, 1995
• Bryconamericus oroensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2013^{[1] [2]}
• Bryconamericus osgoodi C. H. Eigenmann & W. R. Allen, 1942^[1]
• Bryconamericus pachacuti C. H. Eigenmann, 1927^[1]
• Bryconamericus patriciae J. F. P. da Silva, 2004
• Bryconamericus pectinatus Vari & Siebert, 1990
• Bryconamericus phoenicopterus (Cope, 1872)^[1]
• Bryconamericus pinnavittatus D'Agosta & Netto-Ferreira, 2015^[4]
• Bryconamericus plutarcoi Román-Valencia, 2001
• Bryconamericus poi Almirón, Casciotta, Azpelicueta& Cione, 2001
• Bryconamericus pyahu Azpelicueta, Casciotta & Almirón, 2003
• Bryconamericus rubropictus (C. Berg, 1901)
• Bryconamericus scleroparius (Regan, 1908)
• Bryconamericus singularis Román-Valencia, Taphorn & Ruiz-C., 2008^[1]
• Bryconamericus stramineus C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
• Bryconamericus subtilisform Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus sylvicola Braga, 1998
• Bryconamericus tenuis Bizerril & P. M. C. Araújo, 1992
• Bryconamericus ternetzi Myers, 1928
• Bryconamericus terrabensis Meek, 1914
• Bryconamericus thomasi Fowler, 1940
• Bryconamericus tolimae C. H. Eigenmann, 1913^[1]
• Bryconamericus turiuba Langeani, Z. M. S. de Lucena, Pedrini & Tarelho-Pereira, 2005
• Bryconamericus uporas Casciotta, Azpelicueta & Almirón, 2002
• Bryconamericus yokiae Román-Valencia, 2003^[1]
• Bryconamericus ytu Almirón, Azpelicueta & Casciotta, 2004
• Bryconamericus zamorensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2013^{[1] [2]}
• Bryconamericus zeteki Hildebrand, 1938

Additionally,

• Bryconamericus lethostigmus (A. L. Gomes, 1947) is sometimes allocated to the monotypic genus Odontostoechus.

Notes and References

1. Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
2. Román–Valencia, C., Ruiz–C., R.I., Taphorn B., D.C. & García–A., C. (2013): Three new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Characidae), with keys for species from Ecuador and a discussion on the validity of the genus Knodus. Animal Biodiversity and Conservation, 36 (1): 123–139.
3. Román–Valencia, C. . Ruiz–C., R.I. . etal . 2014 . A new endemic species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Characidae) from the Middle Cauca River Basin, Colombia . Animal Biodiversity and Conservation . 37 . 2 . 107–114 . 10.32800/abc.2014.37.0107 .
4. Dagosta, F.C.P. & Netto-Ferreira, A.L. (2015): New species of Bryconamericus Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Teles Pires, rio Tapajós basin, central Brazil. Zootaxa, 3911 (3): 433-442.