Petulanos

Petulanos is a genus of headstander from South America.[2][1] There are currently three recognized species that were all previously assigned to Anostomus;[1] one each in the Xingu, Nickerie and Essequibo river basins.

Petulanos
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Anostomidae
Genus: Petulanos
Sidlauskas & Vari, 2008[1]

Species

There are three recognized species:[2]

  • Petulanos intermedius (R. Winterbottom, 1980)
  • Petulanos plicatus (C. H. Eigenmann, 1912)
  • Petulanos spiloclistron (R. Winterbottom, 1974)

References

  1. Sidlauskas, Brian L.; Vari, Richard P. (2008). "Phylogenetic relationships within the South American fish family Anostomidae (Teleostei, Ostariophysi, Characiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 154 (1): 70–210. doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00407.x.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2024). Species of Petulanos in FishBase. February 2024 version.


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