Pseudanos

Pseudanos is a genus of headstander from South America, where found in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins.

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Pseudanos

R. Winterbottom, 1980

Species

There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1][2]

  • Pseudanos gracilis (Kner, 1858)
  • Pseudanos irinae R. Winterbottom, 1980
  • Pseudanos trimaculatus (Kner, 1858) (Threespot headstander)
  • Pseudanos varii Birindelli, F. C. T. Lima & Britski, 2012[2]
  • Pseudanos winterbottomi Sidlauskas & dos Santos, 2005

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pseudanos in FishBase. August 2012 version.
  2. Birindelli, J.L.O., Lima, F.C.T. & Britski, H.A. (2012): New species of Pseudanos Winterbottom, 1980 (Characiformes: Anostomidae), with notes on the taxonomy of P. gracilis and P. trimaculatus. Zootaxa, 3425: 55–68.


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