Microgenys

Microgenys
Microgenys minuta, one of the 3 currently recognized species of Microgenys.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Creagrutinae
Genus: Microgenys
C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
Type species
Microgenys minutus
C. H. Eigenmann, 1913

Microgenys is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

Species

Microgenys contains the following valid species:

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Creagrutinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
  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.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Microgenys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2025.