Hemibrycon Explained

Hemibrycon is a genus of characins. They are mainly found in South America, Trinidad in the Caribbean), and H. dariensis of east Panama.^[1]

Species

There are currently 39 recognized species in this genus:

• Hemibrycon antioquiae Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 ^[2]
• Hemibrycon beni N. E. Pearson, 1924
• Hemibrycon boquiae (C. H. Eigenmann, 1913)
• Hemibrycon cairoense Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2009
• Hemibrycon cardalensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 ^[2]
• Hemibrycon carrilloi Dahl, 1960
• Hemibrycon caucanus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1913) ^[1]
• Hemibrycon cristiani (Román-Valencia, 1999) ^[1]
• Hemibrycon colombianus C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
• Hemibrycon dariensis Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
• Hemibrycon decurrens (C. H. Eigenmann, 1913)
• Hemibrycon dentatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1913)
• Hemibrycon divisorensis Bertaco, L. R. Malabarba, Hidalgo & H. Ortega, 2007
• Hemibrycon fasciatus Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Mancera-Rodriguez & García-Alzate, 2013 ^[2]
• Hemibrycon galvisi (Román-Valencia, 2000) ^[1]
• Hemibrycon helleri C. H. Eigenmann, 1927
• Hemibrycon huambonicus (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemibrycon inambari Bertaco & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
• Hemibrycon jabonero L. P. Schultz, 1944
• Hemibrycon jelskii (Steindachner, 1876)
• Hemibrycon loisae (Géry, 1964) ^[1]
• Hemibrycon metae G. S. Myers, 1930
• Hemibrycon microformaa Román-Valencia & Ruiz-C., 2007 ^[1]
• Hemibrycon mikrostiktos Bertaco & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
• Hemibrycon paez Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010
• Hemibrycon palomae Román-Valencia, García-Alzate, Ruiz-C. & Taphorn, 2010
• Hemibrycon plutarcoi (Román-Valencia, 2001) ^[1]
• Hemibrycon polyodon (Günther, 1864)
• Hemibrycon rafaelense Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2008
• Hemibrycon raqueliae Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010
• Hemibrycon sanjuanensis Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn & García-Alzate, 2014 ^[3]
• Hemibrycon santamartae Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., García-Alzate & Taphorn, 2010 ^[1]
• Hemibrycon sierraensis García-Alzate, Román-Valencia & Taphorn, 2015 ^[4]
• Hemibrycon surinamensis Géry, 1962
• Hemibrycon taeniurus (T. N. Gill, 1858)^[5]
• Hemibrycon tridens C. H. Eigenmann, 1922 (Jumping tetra)
• Hemibrycon velox Dahl, 1964
• Hemibrycon virolinica Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010
• Hemibrycon yacopiae Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010

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, D.C., Mancera-Rodriguez, N.J. & García-Alzate, C.A. (2013): Three new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Magdalena River Basin, Colombia. Revista de Biología Tropical, 61 (3): 1365-1387.
3. Román-Valencia, C., Ruiz-C., R.I., Taphorn, D.C. & García-Alzate, C.A. (2014): A new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes, Characidae) from the upper San Juan River drainage, Pacific versant, Colombia. ZooKeys, 454: 109-125.
4. García-Alzate, C.A., Román-Valencia, C. & Taphorn, D.C. (2015): A new species of Hemibrycon (Characiformes: Characidae), a freshwater fish from the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Caribbean drainage, Colombia. Research Journal of the Costa Rican Distance Education University, 7 (1): 89-97.
5. Lyons, T.J. . 2021 . Hemibrycon taeniurus . 2021 . e.T125991676A125992059 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T125991676A125992059.en . 4 September 2021.