Hemigrammus

Hemigrammus is a genus of freshwater fish in the family Characidae native to South America (including Trinidad) and commonly seen in the aquarium trade. These are medium-small tetras where the largest species reach up to around 11 cm (4.3 in).[1]

Hemigrammus
Hemigrammus bleheri
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Hemigrammus
T. N. Gill, 1858

Species

There are currently 59 recognized species in this genus:

  • Hemigrammus aereus Géry, 1959
  • Hemigrammus aguaruna F. C. T. Lima, Corrêa & Ota, 2016 [2]
  • Hemigrammus analis Durbin, 1909
  • Hemigrammus arua F. C. T. Lima, Wosiacki & C. S. Ramos, 2009
  • Hemigrammus ataktos Marinho, D'Agosta & Birindelli, 2014 [3]
  • Hemigrammus barrigonae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
  • Hemigrammus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
  • Hemigrammus bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986 (Fire-head tetra)
  • Hemigrammus boesemani Géry, 1959
  • Hemigrammus brevis Durbin, 1911
  • Hemigrammus coeruleus Durbin, 1908
  • Hemigrammus cupreus Durbin, 1918
  • Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909
  • Hemigrammus diagonicus Mendonça & Wosiacki, 2011 [4]
  • Hemigrammus durbinae Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2015 [5]
  • Hemigrammus elegans (Steindachner, 1882)
  • Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 (Glowlight tetra)
  • Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 [6]
  • Hemigrammus filamentosus Zarske, 2011 [7]
  • Hemigrammus geisleri Zarske & Géry, 2007
  • Hemigrammus gracilis (Lütken, 1875)
  • Hemigrammus guyanensis Géry, 1959
  • Hemigrammus haraldi Géry, 1961
  • Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918 (Costello tetra)
  • Hemigrammus iota Durbin, 1909
  • Hemigrammus levis Durbin, 1908
  • Hemigrammus luelingi Géry, 1964
  • Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918 [8]
  • Hemigrammus machadoi Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2014 [8]
  • Hemigrammus mahnerti Uj & Géry, 1989
  • Hemigrammus marginatus Durbin, 1911
  • Hemigrammus matei C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
  • Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945
  • Hemigrammus melanochrous Fowler, 1913
  • Hemigrammus micropterus Meek, 1907
  • Hemigrammus microstomus Durbin, 1918
  • Hemigrammus mimus J. E. Böhlke, 1955
  • Hemigrammus neptunus Zarske & Géry, 2002
  • Hemigrammus newboldi (Fernández-Yépez, 1949)
  • Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882)
  • Hemigrammus ora Zarske, Le Bail & Géry, 2006
  • Hemigrammus orthus Durbin, 1909
  • Hemigrammus parana Marinho, F. R. de Carvalho, Langeani & Tatsumi, 2008
  • Hemigrammus pretoensis Géry, 1965
  • Hemigrammus pulcher Ladiges, 1938 (Garnet tetra)
  • Hemigrammus rhodostomus C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Rummy-nose tetra)
  • Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 (Gold tetra)
  • Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Zarske, 2015 [6]
  • Hemigrammus schmardae (Steindachner, 1882)
  • Hemigrammus silimoni Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2008
  • Hemigrammus skolioplatus Bertaco & T. P. Carvalho, 2005
  • Hemigrammus stictus (Durbin, 1909)
  • Hemigrammus taphorni Benine & G. A. M. Lopes, 2007
  • Hemigrammus tocantinsi F. R. de Carvalho, Bertaco & Jerep, 2010
  • Hemigrammus tridens C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
  • Hemigrammus ulreyi (Boulenger, 1895)
  • Hemigrammus unilineatus (T. N. Gill, 1858) (Feather-fin tetra)
  • Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri Géry, 1963
  • Hemigrammus yinyang F. C. T. Lima & L. M. Sousa, 2009

References
  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). Species of Hemigrammus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  2. Lima, F.C.T., Correa, V. & Ota, R.P. (2016): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the western Amazon basin in Peru and Colombia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (3): 123-132.
  3. Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2014): Hemigrammus ataktos: a new species from the rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 257-264.
  4. Mendonça, M.B. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2011): A New Species of Hemigrammus from the Lower Amazon Floodplain (Characiformes: Characidae). Copeia, 2011 (2): 211-215.
  5. Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2015): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins. Zootaxa, 3948 (2): 218–232.
  6. Zarske, A. (2015): Hemigrammus rubrostriatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Archived 2016-01-23 at the Wayback Machine Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (1): 3–14.
  7. Zarske, A. (2011): Hemigrammus filamentosus spec. nov. – der Südamerikanische Fadensalmler, ein neuer Salmler (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) aus dem Araguaya-Becken in Brasilien. Vertebrate Zoology, 61 (1): 3-12.
  8. Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2014): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira and rio Paraguai basins, with a redescription of H. lunatus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 265-279.
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