Glandulocauda
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| Glandulocauda | |
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| Glandulocauda melanopleura | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Glandulocaudinae |
| Genus: | Glandulocauda C. H. Eigenmann, 1911[1] |
| Type species | |
| Glandulocauda melanogenys (a synonym of Glandulocauda melanopleura) C. H. Eigenmann, 1911[1] | |
Glandulocauda is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are endemic to Brazil, restricted to the upper Paraná basin and coastal river basins in São Paulo state.[2][3] The genus it is closely related to Lophiobrycon and Mimagoniates, and they form the tribe Glandulocaudini.[3]
