Characidium

Characidium
Characidium fasciatum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Crenuchidae
Subfamily: Characidiinae
Genus: Characidium
J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Type species
Characidium fasciatum
J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Synonyms

Characidium is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. The fishes in this genus are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from Panama. They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.

Species

Characidium contains the following recognized species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characidiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Characidium". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Characidium". FishBase. September 2017 version.
  4. ↑ Lujan, N.K., Agudelo-Zamora, H., Taphorn, D.C., Booth, P.N. & López-Fernández, H. (2013): Description of a New, Narrowly Endemic South American Darter (Characiformes: Crenuchidae) from the Central Guiana Shield Highlands of Guyana. Copeia, 2013 (3): 454-463.
  5. ↑ Oliveira-Silva, Leonardo; Britzke, Ricardo; Meza-Vargas, Vanessa; Hidalgo, Max H.; Faustino-Fuster, Dario; Oliveira, Claudio; Zanata, Angela Maria (2026). "Morphological and molecular evidence reveals a new species of Characidium from the Ucayali-Urubamba Piedmont, Peru, and novel molecular clades are proposed within the genus". Journal of Fish Biology. 108 (2): 584–595. doi:10.1111/jfb.70261. ISSN 1095-8649. PMC 13052454. PMID 41197663.