Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Characiformes
Familia: Characidae
Genus: Hasemania
Species: H. crenuchoides – H. hanseni – H. kalunga – H. maxillaris – H. melanura – H. nambiquara – H. nana – H. piatan – H. uberaba
Name
Hasemania Ellis, 1911:148
Gender: Feminine
Type species: Hasemania melanura Ellis, 1911.
Type by original designation.
Etymology: genus named in honour of John D. Haseman, who collected the first specimen.
Synonyms
Pristicharax Fowler, 1949
References
Ellis, M. D., 1911: On the species of Hasemania, Hyphessobrycon, and Hemigrammus collected by J. D. Haseman for the Carnegie Museum. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 8 (1): 148–163, Pls. 1-3. Reference page.
Fowler, H.W. 1949: Description of a new genus and species of characin (Pristicharax hanseni) from Goiaz, Brazil. Notulae Naturae (Philadelphia), 216: 1–4.
Hasemania is a genus of characins endemic to Brazil, where only found in river basins that originate on the Brazilian Shield, ranging west to the Juruena system, north to the São Francisco system and south to the Paraná system.[1][2] The individual species generally have quite small ranges and two, H. crenuchoides and H. piatan, are considered threatened by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.[3]
They are small fish, up to 2.7–7 cm (1.1–2.8 in) in standard length depending on the exact species.[1]
Species
There are currently 9 recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry, 1999
Hasemania hanseni (Fowler, 1949)
Hasemania kalunga Bertaco & F. R. de Carvalho, 2010
Hasemania maxillaris Durbin, 1911
Hasemania melanura Durbin, 1911 (Copper tetra)
Hasemania nambiquara Bertaco & L. R. Malabarba, 2007
Hasemania nana (Lütken, 1875) (Silvertip tetra)
Hasemania piatan Zanata & J. P. Serra, 2010
Hasemania uberaba J. P. Serra & Langeani, 2015
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2018). Species of Hasemania in FishBase. October 2018 version.
Serra, J.P. & Langeani, F. (2015): A new Hasemania Ellis from the upper rio Paraná basin, with the redescription of Hasemania crenuchoides Zarske & Géry (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 479-486.
ICMBio (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil): Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014. Lista de Especies Ameaçadas - Saiba Mais. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
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