Diapoma Explained

Diapoma is a genus of characins from tropical South America.^[1]

Species

There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:^[1]

• Diapoma alburnus (R. F. Hensel, 1870)
• Diapoma alegretensis (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
• Diapoma dicropotamicus (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
• Diapoma guarani (Mahnert & Géry, 1987)
• Diapoma itaimbe (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
• Diapoma lepiclastus (L. R. Malabarba, S. H. Weitzman & Casciotta, 2003)
• Diapoma obi (Casciotta, Almirón, Piálek & Říčan, 2012)
• Diapoma pyrrhopteryx Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2011
• Diapoma speculiferum Cope, 1894
• Diapoma terofali (Géry, 1964)
• Diapoma thauma Menezes & S. H. Weitzman, 2011
• Diapoma tipiaia (L. R. Malabarba & S. H. Weitzman, 2003)
• Diapoma uruguayensis (Messner, 1962)

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.