Steindachnerina Explained

Steindachnerina is a genus of toothless characins from South America, with 24 currently described species:

• Steindachnerina amazonica (Steindachner, 1911)
• Steindachnerina argentea (T. N. Gill, 1858) (stout sardine)
• Steindachnerina atratoensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
• Steindachnerina bimaculata (Steindachner, 1876)
• Steindachnerina binotata (N. E. Pearson, 1924)
• Steindachnerina biornata (Braga & Azpelicueta, 1987)
• Steindachnerina brevipinna (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Steindachnerina conspersa (Holmberg, 1891)
• Steindachnerina corumbae Pavanelli & Britski, 1999
• Steindachnerina dobula (Günther, 1868)
• Steindachnerina elegans (Steindachner, 1875)
• Steindachnerina fasciata (Vari & Géry, 1985)
• Steindachnerina gracilis Vari & Williams Vari, 1989
• Steindachnerina guentheri (C. H. Eigenmann & R. S. Eigenmann, 1889)
• Steindachnerina hypostoma (Boulenger, 1887)
• Steindachnerina insculpta (Fernández-Yépez, 1948)
• Steindachnerina leucisca (Günther, 1868)
• Steindachnerina notograptos Lucinda & Vari, 2009
• Steindachnerina notonota (A. Miranda-Ribeiro, 1937)
• Steindachnerina planiventris Vari & Williams Vari, 1989
• Steindachnerina pupula Vari, 1991
• Steindachnerina quasimodoi Vari & Williams Vari, 1989
• Steindachnerina seriata Netto-Ferreira & Vari, 2011^[1]
• Steindachnerina varii Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1991

Notes and References

1. Netto-Ferreira, A.L. & Vari, R.P. (2011): New Species of Steindachnerina (Characiformes: Curimatidae) from the Rio Tapajós, Brazil, and Review of the Genus in the Rio Tapajós and Rio Xingu Basins. Copeia, 2011: 523-529.