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
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Cheirodon
Species (13): C. australe – C. galusdae – C. ibicuhiensis – C. interruptus – C. kiliani – C. luelingi – C. ortegai – C. parahybae – C. pisciculus
Name
Cheirodon Girard, 1855
Type species: Cheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855. Type by monotypy.
References
Primary references
Girard, C.F. 1855. Abstract of a report to Lieut. Jas. M. Gilliss, U.S.N., upon the fishes collected during the U.S.N. Astronomical Expedition to Chili. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 7: 197–199. BHL Reference page.
Links
Cheirodon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Cheirodon Girard, 1855 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Cheirodon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
Cheirodon pisciculus
Cheirodon is a genus of characins occurring in South America. Of the 10 currently described species; one, C. jaguaribensis, is placed here as a convenience, as its actual position in Characidae is unknown.
Species
Cheirodon australe C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
Cheirodon galusdae C. H. Eigenmann, 1928
Cheirodon ibicuhiensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Cheirodon interruptus (Jenyns, 1842) (Uruguay tetra)
Cheirodon jaguaribensis Fowler, 1941 - species incertae sedis
Cheirodon kiliani Campos, 1982
Cheirodon luelingi Géry, 1964
Cheirodon ortegai Vari & Géry, 1980
Cheirodon parahybae C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Cheirodon pisciculus Girard, 1855
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cheirodon". FishBase. October 2011 version.
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