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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: Characinae
Genus: Phenacogaster
Species (23): P. apletostigma – P. beni – P. calverti – P. capitulatus – P. carteri – P. eurytaenia – P. franciscoensis – P. jancupa – P. lucenae – P. maculoblongus – P. megalostictus – P. microstictus – P. naevata – P. napoatilis – P. ojitatus – P. pectinatus – P. prolatus – P. retropinnus – P. simulatus – P. suborbitalis – P. tegatus – P. wayampi – P. wayana
Name

Phenacogaster Eigenmann, 1907

Type species: Tetragonopterus pectinatus Cope, 1870. Type by original designation (also monotypic).
References
Primary references

Eigenmann, C.H. 1907. Fowler's "Heterognathus Fishes" with a note on the Stethaprioninae. The American Naturalist 41(492): 767–772.

Additional references

Lucena, Z.M.S., de & Malabarba, L.R. 2010. Description of nine new species of Phenacogaster (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae) and notes on the other species of genus. Zoologia (Curitiba, Impresso) 27: 263–304. DOI: 10.1590/S1984-46702010000200014
Souza, C.S., Mattox, G.M.T., Vita, G., Ochoa, L.E., Melo, B.F. & Oliveira, C. 2023. Molecular species delimitation and description of a new species of Phenacogaster (Teleostei, Characidae) from the southern Amazon basin. Zookeys 1164: 1–21. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1164.102436 Open access Reference page.

Phenacogaster is a genus of characins from South America, with 20 currently described species:

Phenacogaster apletostigma Z. M. S. de Lucena & Gama, 2007
Phenacogaster beni C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Phenacogaster calverti (Fowler, 1941)
Phenacogaster capitulatus Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster carteri (Norman, 1934)
Phenacogaster franciscoensis C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Phenacogaster jancupa L. R. Malabarba & Z. M. S. de Lucena, 1995
Phenacogaster maculoblongus Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster megalostictus C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Phenacogaster microstictus C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Phenacogaster napoatilis Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster ojitatus Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster pectinatus (Cope, 1870)
Phenacogaster prolatus Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster retropinnus Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster simulatus Z. M. S. de Lucena & L. R. Malabarba, 2010
Phenacogaster suborbitalis C. G. E. Ahl, 1936
Phenacogaster tegatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1911)
Phenacogaster wayampi Le Bail & Z. M. S. de Lucena, 2010
Phenacogaster wayana Le Bail & Z. M. S. de Lucena, 2010

References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Phenacogaster". FishBase. October 2011 version.

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