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: Oligosarcus
Species: O. acutirostris – O. amome – O. argenteus – O. bolivianus – O. brevioris – O. hepsetus – O. jenynsii – O. longirostris – O. macrolepis – O. menezesi – O. oligolepis – O. paranensis – O. perdido – O. pintoi – O. planaltinae – O. robustus – O. schindleri – O. solitarius – O. varii
Name
Oligosarcus Günther, 1864
Type species: Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864
Etymology: oligos, scanty or few; arcus, bowed, allusion not explained nor evident, perhaps referring to “compressed, oblong” shape of O. argenteus. The ETYFish Project
Synonyms
Acestrorhamphus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
Paroligosarcus Amaral Campos & Trewavas, 1949
References
Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K., Říčan, O. 2015. Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa 3915(4): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.8.Reference page.
Mirande, J.M.; Aguilera, G.; De Las Mercedes Azpelicueta, M. 2011: A threatened new species of Oligosarcus and its phylogenetic relationships, with comments on Astyanacinus (Teleostei: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2994: 1–20. Preview
Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum 5: i–xxii + 1–455. BHLReference page.
Ribeiro, A.C. & Menezes, N.A. 2015: Phylogenetic relationships of the species and biogeography of the characid genus Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 (Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 3949(1): 41–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.
Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil (South, Southeast and Central-West regions). They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.[1]
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1]
Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1987
Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015[2]
Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864
Oligosarcus bolivianus (Fowler, 1940)
Oligosarcus brevioris Menezes, 1987
Oligosarcus hepsetus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Oligosarcus itau Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2011
Oligosarcus jacuiensis Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2010
Oligosarcus jenynsii (Günther, 1864)
Oligosarcus longirostris Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1877)
Oligosarcus menezesi Miquelarena & Protogino, 1996
Oligosarcus oligolepis (Steindachner, 1867)
Oligosarcus paranensis Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus perdido A. C. Ribeiro, Cavallaro & Froehlich, 2007
Oligosarcus pintoi Amaral Campos, 1945
Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus platensis (Messner, 1962)[3]
Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969
Oligosarcus schindleri Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus solitarius Menezes, 1987
Oligosarcus varii Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2015[3]
References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oligosarcus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 581–590.
Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 541-546.
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