Bario (fish)
Appearance
Bario | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
Subfamily: | Thayeriinae |
Genus: | Bario Meyers, 1940 |
Type species | |
Tetragonopterus steindachneri Eigenmann, 1893
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Synonyms | |
Entomolepis Eigenmann, 1893 (Preoccupied) |
Bario is an American genus of characins. The glass tetra and redeye tetra, which are commonly kept in aquaria, are members of this genus. Most of the species, except the formerly monotypic type species, were formerly classified in Moenkhausia.
Species
[edit]Nine species are currently valid:[1]
- Bario australe C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Bario cosmops F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2007
- Bario diktyota F. C. T. Lima & Toledo-Piza, 2001
- Bario forestii Benine, Mariguela & C. de Oliveira, 2009
- Bario lineomaculatus D'Agosta, Marinho & Benine, 2015 [2]
- Bario oligolepis (Günther, 1864) (Glass tetra)
- Bario sanctaefilomenae (Steindachner, 1907) (Redeye tetra)
- Bario steindachneri (Eigenmann, 1893)
- Bario uirapuru Ohara & F. C. T. Lima, 2015 [3]
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Bario". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 25 April 2025.
- ^ Dagosta, F.C.P.; Marinho, M.M.F.; Benine, R.C. (2015). "A new species of Moenkhausia Eigenmann (Characiformes: Characidae) from the upper rio Juruena basin, Central Brazil" (PDF). Zootaxa. 4032 (4): 417–425.
- ^ Ohara, W.M.; Lima, F.C.T. (2015). "Moenkhausia uirapuru, a new species from the upper rio Guaporé, Chapada dos Parecis, Mato Grosso, Brazil (Teleostei: Characidae)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 26 (2): 159–170.