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Family: Characidae Characins; tetras



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bryconamericus osgoodi South America 6.1 SL 1942
Bryconamericus pachacuti South America 7.5 TL 1927
Bryconamericus patriciae South America 6.2 SL 2004
Bryconamericus pectinatus South America 8 TL 1990
Bryconamericus peruanus South America 9.2 SL 1845
Bryconamericus phoenicopterus South America 6 TL 1872
Bryconamericus pinnavittatus South America 2.7 SL 2015
Bryconamericus plutarcoi South America 6.9 SL 2001
Bryconamericus poi South America 5.2 SL 2001
Bryconamericus pyahu South America 2003
Bryconamericus rubropictus South America 1901
Bryconamericus scleroparius Central and South America 11 TL 1908
Bryconamericus simus South America 8.7 TL 1898
Bryconamericus singularis South America 3.9 SL 2008
Bryconamericus stramineus South America 11.4 TL 1908
Bryconamericus subtilisform South America 2003
Bryconamericus sylvicola South America 6.5 SL 1998
Bryconamericus tenuis South America 3.8 SL 1992
Bryconamericus ternetzi South America 5.9 TL 1928
Bryconamericus terrabensis Central America 9 TL 1914
Bryconamericus thomasi South America 7 SL 1940
Bryconamericus tolimae South America 11.8 SL 1913
Bryconamericus turiuba South America 6.1 SL 2005
Bryconamericus uporas South America 5.3 SL 2002
Bryconamericus yokiae South America 6.8 SL 2003
Bryconamericus ytu South America 9 SL 2004
Bryconamericus zamorensis South America 7.3 SL 2013
Bryconamericus zeteki Central America 8.8 TL 1938
Bryconella pallidifrons South America 2.3 SL 1946
Bryconexodon juruenae South America 12.5 SL 1980
Bryconexodon trombetasi South America 11.7 SL 1991
Caiapobrycon tucurui South America 4.5 SL 2000
Carlana eigenmanni Central America 5.4 SL 1912
Ceratobranchia binghami South America 6.2 TL 1927
Ceratobranchia delotaenia South America 3.8 SL 1990
Ceratobranchia elatior South America 5.2 SL 1942
Ceratobranchia joanae South America 3.4 SL 1990
Ceratobranchia obtusirostris South America 5.5 SL 1914
Charax apurensis South America 11.8 SL 1987
Charax awa South America 12 SL 2018
Charax caudimaculatus South America 9.7 SL 1987
Charax condei South America 5.4 SL 1976
Charax delimai South America 12.1 SL 2014
Charax gibbosus Glass headstander South America 14.4 TL 1758
Charax hemigrammus South America 3.3 SL 1912
Charax leticiae South America 10 SL 1987
Charax macrolepis South America 9.5 SL 1858
Charax metae South America 13.1 SL 1922
Charax michaeli South America 18.5 SL 1989
Charax niger South America 12.8 SL 1989
Charax notulatus South America 6.3 SL 1987
Charax pauciradiatus South America 10.1 SL 1864
Charax rupununi South America 4.5 SL 1912
Charax stenopterus South America 9.4 SL 1894
Charax tectifer South America 14.4 SL 1870
Charax unimaculatus South America 8.6 SL 1989
Cheirodon australe South America 6.5 TL 1928
Cheirodon galusdae South America 5.9 SL 1928
Cheirodon ibicuhiensis South America 4.2 SL 1915
Cheirodon interruptus Uruguay tetra South America 6 TL 1842
Cheirodon jaguaribensis South America 3.8 SL 1941
Cheirodon kiliani South America 3.0 SL 1982
Cheirodon luelingi South America 1.8 SL 1964
Cheirodon ortegai South America 3.4 SL 1980
Cheirodon parahybae South America 3.9 TL 1915
Cheirodon pisciculus South America 5.5 SL 1855
Cheirodontops geayi South America 4 SL 1944
Chrysobrycon eliasi South America 4.4 2011
Chrysobrycon guahibo South America 4.5 SL 2015
Chrysobrycon hesperus South America 8.2 SL 1958
Chrysobrycon myersi South America 6.4 SL 1970
Chrysobrycon yoliae South America 5.2 SL 2014
Compsura gorgonae Central America 2.9 SL 1909
Compsura heterura South America 3.8 TL 1915
Coptobrycon bilineatus South America 4.1 TL 1911
Corynopoma riisei Swordtail characin South America 4.8 SL 1858
Creagrutus affinis Central and South America 7.8 SL 1880
Creagrutus amoenus South America 10.2 TL 1943
Creagrutus anary South America 4.5 SL 1913
Creagrutus atratus South America 7.0 SL 2001
Creagrutus atrisignum South America 5.5 SL 1927
Creagrutus barrigai South America 5.3 SL 2001
Creagrutus beni Goldstripe characin South America 7.3 SL 1911
Creagrutus bolivari South America 5.2 SL 1944
Creagrutus brevipinnis South America 4.8 SL 1913
Creagrutus britskii South America 5.3 SL 2001
Creagrutus calai South America 6.6 SL 2001
Creagrutus caucanus South America 8.3 SL 1913
Creagrutus cerritulus South America 5.1 SL 2017
Creagrutus changae South America 6.7 SL 2001
Creagrutus cochui South America 11.3 TL 1964
Creagrutus cracentis South America 6 TL 2001
Creagrutus crenatus South America 7.0 SL 2001
Creagrutus ephippiatus South America 5.8 SL 2001
Creagrutus figueiredoi South America 6.3 SL 2001
Creagrutus flavescens South America 9.4 SL 2001
Creagrutus gephyrus South America 6.5 SL 1975
Creagrutus gracilis South America 7.7 SL 2001
Creagrutus guanes South America 7.3 SL 2005
Creagrutus gyrospilus South America 6.2 SL 2001
Creagrutus hildebrandi South America 6.3 SL 1944
Creagrutus holmi South America 9.2 SL 2001
Creagrutus hysginus South America 5.6 SL 1994
Creagrutus ignotus South America 6.2 SL 2001
Creagrutus kunturus South America 9.6 SL 1995
Creagrutus lassoi South America 7.5 SL 2001
Creagrutus lepidus South America 4.7 SL 1993
Creagrutus machadoi South America 4.5 SL 2001
Creagrutus maculosus South America 2010
Creagrutus magdalenae South America 5.7 SL 1913
Creagrutus magoi South America 6.5 SL 2001
Creagrutus manu South America 4.0 SL 2001
Creagrutus maracaiboensis South America 2.2 SL 1944
Creagrutus maxillaris South America 7.2 SL 1927
Creagrutus melanzonus South America 3.6 SL 1909
Creagrutus melasma South America 4.5 SL 1994
Creagrutus menezesi South America 7.5 SL 2001
Creagrutus meridionalis South America 11 SL 2001
Creagrutus molinus South America 5.6 SL 2001
Creagrutus mucipu South America 5.6 SL 2001
Creagrutus muelleri South America 10.8 SL 1859
Creagrutus nigrostigmatus South America 2.3 SL 1960
Creagrutus nigrotaeniatus South America 4.3 SL 2014
Creagrutus occidaneus South America 6.6 SL 2001
Creagrutus ortegai South America 7.1 SL 2001
Creagrutus ouranonastes South America 10 SL 2001
Creagrutus paraguayensis South America 5.8 SL 1988
Creagrutus paralacus South America 6.7 SL 1994
Creagrutus pearsoni South America 3.4 SL 1988
Creagrutus peruanus South America 8.7 SL 1876
Creagrutus petilus South America 4.9 SL 2001
Creagrutus phasma South America 6.6 SL 1927
Creagrutus pila South America 7.1 SL 2001
Creagrutus planquettei South America 6.7 SL 1989
Creagrutus provenzanoi South America 5.8 SL 2001
Creagrutus runa South America 6.3 SL 2001
Creagrutus saxatilis South America 8.2 SL 2001
Creagrutus seductus South America 7.0 SL 2001
Creagrutus taphorni South America 7.4 SL 2001
Creagrutus tuyuka South America 6.8 SL 2003
Creagrutus ungulus South America 10.9 TL 2001
Creagrutus varii South America 4.2 SL 2004
Creagrutus veruina South America 4.5 SL 2001
Creagrutus vexillapinnus South America 5.0 SL 2001
Creagrutus xiphos South America 2.8 SL 2001
Creagrutus yanatili South America 10 TL 2010
Creagrutus yudja South America 3 SL 2018
Creagrutus zephyrus South America 4.0 SL 2001
Ctenobrycon alleni South America 9 SL 1907
Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus South America 8 SL 1870
Ctenobrycon multiradiatus South America 1876
Ctenobrycon oliverai South America 2010
Ctenobrycon spilurus Silver tetra South America 8 SL 1850
Ctenocheirodon pristis South America 3.4 SL 2012
Cynopotamus amazonum South America 23.1 1868
Cynopotamus argenteus South America 29.5 SL 1836
Cynopotamus atratoensis South America 35 SL 1907
Cynopotamus bipunctatus South America 17.5 SL 1909
Cynopotamus essequibensis South America 16 SL 1912
Cynopotamus gouldingi South America 16.5 SL 1987
Cynopotamus juruenae South America 8.5 SL 1987
Cynopotamus kincaidi South America 31.5 TL 1950
Cynopotamus magdalenae South America 40 SL 1879
Cynopotamus tocantinensis South America 21 SL 1987
Cynopotamus venezuelae South America 23.7 SL 1944
Cynopotamus xinguano South America 15.2 TL 2007
Dectobrycon armeniacus South America 6.6 SL 2006
Deuterodon aphos South America 5.6 SL 2004
Deuterodon burgerai South America 5.4 SL 2009
Deuterodon giton South America 11.3 TL 1908
Deuterodon hamatilis South America 4.4 SL 2014
Deuterodon hastatus South America 1928
Deuterodon heterostomus South America 10.4 SL 1911
Deuterodon iguape South America 9.8 SL 1907
Deuterodon intermedius South America 7.3 SL 1908
Deuterodon janeiroensis South America 11.4 SL 1908
Deuterodon langei South America 12.6 TL 1957
Deuterodon longirostris South America 9.1 SL 1907
Deuterodon luetkenii South America 9.6 TL 1887
Deuterodon mutator South America 1909
Deuterodon oyakawai South America 6.4 SL 2014
Deuterodon parahybae South America 3.9 SL 1908
Deuterodon pelecus South America 6 SL 2006
Deuterodon potaroensis South America 6 SL 1909
Deuterodon ribeirae South America 8 TL 1911
Deuterodon rosae South America 11.7 SL 1908
Deuterodon sazimai South America 5.7 SL 2014
Deuterodon singularis South America 8.8 SL 1992
Deuterodon stigmaturus South America 10.7 SL 1947
Deuterodon supparis South America 10.2 SL 1992
Deuterodon taeniatus South America 9.6 SL 1842
Diapoma alburnum South America 7.4 TL 1870
Diapoma alegretense South America 4.2 SL 2003
Diapoma dicropotamicus South America 4.3 SL 2003
Diapoma guarani South America 3.1 SL 1987
Diapoma itaimbe South America 4.5 SL 2003
Diapoma lepiclastum South America 4.4 SL 2003
Diapoma nandi South Armerica 5.9 SL 2018
Diapoma obi South America 5.9 SL 2012
Diapoma pyrrhopteryx South America 5.6 SL 2011
Diapoma speculiferum South America 4.6 SL 1894
Diapoma terofali South America 6 SL 1964
Diapoma thauma South America 4.5 SL 2011
Diapoma tipiaia South America 3.6 SL 2003
Diapoma uruguayense South America 5.1 SL 1962
Ectrepopterus uruguayensis South America 5.1 SL 1943
Eretmobrycon bayano Central America 5.7 SL 1976
Eretmobrycon festae South America 1898
Erythrocharax altipinnis Asia 2.6 SL 2013
Exodon paradoxus Bucktooth tetra South America 7.5 SL 1844
Galeocharax gulo South America 25 SL 1870
Galeocharax humeralis South America 30.6 TL 1834
Galeocharax knerii South America 33.1 SL 1879
Genycharax tarpon South America 17.4 SL 1912
Gephyrocharax atracaudatus Central America 4.7 SL 1912
Gephyrocharax caucanus South America 5.0 SL 1912
Gephyrocharax chaparae South America 4.8 SL 1940
Gephyrocharax chocoensis South America 5.2 SL 1912
Gephyrocharax intermedius Central America 4.4 SL 1916
Gephyrocharax major South America 5.6 SL 1929
Gephyrocharax martae South America 3.7 SL 1943
Gephyrocharax melanocheir South America 4.2 SL 1912
Gephyrocharax sinuensis South America 4.5 SL 1964
Gephyrocharax torresi South America 4.2 SL 2013
Gephyrocharax valencia South America 4.1 SL 1920
Gephyrocharax venezuelae South America 4.1 SL 1944
Gephyrocharax whaleri Central America 4.9 SL 1938
Glandulocauda caerulea South America 4.4 SL 2009
Glandulocauda melanopleura South America 5.5 SL 1911
Grundulus bogotensis South America 7.9 SL 1821
Grundulus cochae South America 6.1 SL 2003
Grundulus quitoensis South America 2005
Gymnocharacinus bergii Naked characin South America 7.5 TL 1903
Gymnocorymbus bondi South America 5 SL 1911
Gymnocorymbus flaviolimai South America 5.2 SL 2015
Gymnocorymbus ternetzi Black tetra South America 7.5 SL 1895
Gymnocorymbus thayeri False black tetra South America 7.4 SL 1908
Gymnotichthys hildae South America 7.1 SL 1950
Hasemania crenuchoides South America 6.7 SL 1999
Hasemania hanseni South America 3.3 SL 1949
Hasemania kalunga South America 5.3 SL 2010
Hasemania maxillaris South America 2.9 TL 1911
Hasemania melanura Copper tetra South America 4.4 TL 1911
Hasemania nambiquara South America 2.7 SL 2007
Hasemania nana Silvertip tetra South America 2.7 SL 1875
Hasemania piatan South America 5.4 SL 2010
Hasemania uberaba South America 7 SL 2015
Hemibrycon antioquiae South America 8.3 SL 2013
Hemibrycon beni South America 8.1 SL 1924
Hemibrycon boquiae South America 4.8 SL 1913



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