Nannocharax Explained

Nannocharax is a genus of distichodontid freshwater fishes found in Africa.

Species

There are currently 30 recognized species in this genus:

• Nannocharax altus Pellegrin, 1930
• Nannocharax ansorgii Boulenger, 1911
• Nannocharax brevis Boulenger, 1902
• Nannocharax dageti Jerep, Vari & Vreven, 2014 ^[1]
• Nannocharax elongatus Boulenger, 1900
• Nannocharax fasciatus Günther, 1867
• Nannocharax fasciolaris Nichols & Boulton (fi), 1927
• Nannocharax gracilis Poll, 1939
• Nannocharax hastatus Jerep & Vari, 2014 ^[2]
• Nannocharax hollyi Fowler, 1936
• Nannocharax intermedius Boulenger, 1903
• Nannocharax latifasciatus Coenen & Teugels, 1989
• Nannocharax lineomaculatus Blache & Miton, 1960
• Nannocharax luapulae Boulenger, 1915
• Nannocharax macropterus Pellegrin, 1926 (Broad-barred citharine)
• Nannocharax maculicauda Vari & Géry, 1981
• Nannocharax micros Fowler, 1936
• Nannocharax niloticus Joannis, 1835
• Nannocharax occidentalis Daget, 1959
• Nannocharax ogoensis Pellegrin, 1911
• Nannocharax parvus Pellegrin, 1906
• Nannocharax procatopus Boulenger, 1920
• Nannocharax pteron Fowler, 1936
• Nannocharax reidi Vari & Ferraris, 2004
• Nannocharax rubrolabiatus Van den Bergh, Teugels, Coenen & Ollevier, 1995
• Nannocharax schoutedeni Poll, 1939
• Nannocharax signifer Moritz, 2010
• Nannocharax taenia Boulenger, 1902
• Nannocharax usongo Dunz & Schliewen, 2009
• Nannocharax zebra Dunz & Schliewen, 2009

Notes and References

1. Jerep, F.C., Vari, R.P. & Vreven, E. (2014): Nannocharax dageti, a new distichodontid from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Zambia (Teleostei: Characiformes). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 24 (4) [2013]: 361-369.
2. Jerep, F.C. & Vari, R.P. (2014): New Species of Nannocharax (Characiformes: Distichodontidae) from the Northwestern Congo River Basin, with an Appraisal of Hemigrammocharax. Copeia, 2014 (1): 44–49.