Tetragonopterus
Genus of fishes
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Tetragonopterus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Characidae.[2] This fishes in this genus are found in South America.
| Tetragonopterus | |
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| Tetragonopterus argenteus in Peru | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Tetragonopterinae Gill, 1858[1] |
| Genus: | Tetragonopterus Cuvier, 1816[2] |
| Type species | |
| Tetragonopterus argenteus Cuvier, 1816[2] | |
It is the only genus in the subfamily Tetragonopterinae. The subfamily was originally much larger as previously defined, and contained many of the genera known as "tetras".[3] The name "tetra" derives from this former classification.[4]
Species
Tetragonopterus contains the following valid species;[5]
- Tetragonopterus anostomus G. S. C. Silva & Benine, 2011
- Tetragonopterus araguaiensis G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2013
- Tetragonopterus argenteus Cuvier, 1816
- Tetragonopterus carvalhoi Melo, Benine, Mariguela & Oliveira, 2011
- Tetragonopterus chalceus Spix & Agassiz, 1829
- Tetragonopterus denticulatus G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2013
- Tetragonopterus franciscoensis G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016
- Tetragonopterus georgiae (Géry, 1965)
- Tetragonopterus juruena G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016
- Tetragonopterus kuluene G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016
- Tetragonopterus manaos Urbanski, Melo, G. S. C. Silva & Benine 2018
- Tetragonopterus ommatus G. S. C. Silva, Melo, Oliveira & Benine, 2016
- Tetragonopterus rarus (Zarske, Géry & Isbrücker, 2004)
