Glandulocauda

Glandulocauda
Glandulocauda melanopleura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Glandulocaudinae
Genus: Glandulocauda
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Type species
Glandulocauda melanogenys (a synonym of Glandulocauda melanopleura)
C. H. Eigenmann, 1911

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. The genus it is closely related to Lophiobrycon and Mimagoniates, and they form the tribe Glandulocaudini.

Species

Glandulocauda contains the following species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Glandulocaudinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Glandulocauda". FishBase. December 2018 version.
  3. 1 2 Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.
  4. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Glandulocauda". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 September 2025.