Megalamphodus
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Megalamphodus is a genus of characin native to the Neotropics. Many prominent ornamental tetras belong to this genus.[1]
Although recognized as a distinct genus early on, it was later synonymized with Hyphessobrycon. More recent studies have resurrected this genus, and have found that it belongs to a different subfamily of the Acestrorhamphidae than Hyphessobrycon.[2]
Taxonomy
The following species are placed in this genus:[1]
- Megalamphodus bentosi (Durbin, 1908) (ornate tetra)
- Megalamphodus copelandi (Durbin, 1908)
- Megalamphodus epicharis (S. H. Weitzman & L. F. Palmer, 1997)
- Megalamphodus eques (Steindachner, 1882) (jewel tetra)
- Megalamphodus erythrostigma (Fowler, 1943) (bleeding-heart tetra)
- Megalamphodus haraldschultzi (Travassos, 1960)
- Megalamphodus khardinae (Zarske, 2008)
- Megalamphodus megalopterus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 (black-phantom tetra)
- Megalamphodus micropterus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Megalamphodus rosaceus (Durbin, 1909) (rosy tetra)
- Megalamphodus socolofi (S. H. Weitzman, 1977) (spot-fin tetra)
- Megalamphodus sweglesi Géry, 1961 (red-phantom tetra)
References
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