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Subfamily: Stevardiinae


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Max. Length 11 cm SL
 
Hemibrycon velox
[]

Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.

South America
Max. Length 9.8 cm SL
Hemibrycon virolinica Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010

Photo by Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.
 
Hemibrycon virolinica
[]

Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.

South America
Max. Length 8.9 cm SL
Hemibrycon yacopiae Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa, 2010

Photo by Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.
 
Hemibrycon yacopiae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
 
Hypobrycon leptorhynchus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
 
Hypobrycon maromba
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
 
Hysteronotus megalostomus
[]

Photo by Aguirre, W.

South America
Max. Length 2.2 cm SL
Iotabrycon praecox Roberts, 1973

Photo by Photo by Aguirre, W.
 
Iotabrycon praecox
[]

Photo by Zarske, A.

South America

Knodus borki Zarske, 2008

Photo by Photo by Zarske, A.
 
Knodus borki
[]

Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.

South America
Max. Length 8.7 cm TL
Knodus breviceps (Eigenmann, 1908)

Photo by Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.
 
Knodus breviceps
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Knodus caquetae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.7 cm SL
 
Knodus chapadae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Knodus delta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
 
Knodus dorsomaculatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.2 cm SL
 
Knodus figueiredoi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
 
Knodus gamma
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.5 cm SL
 
Knodus geryi
[]

Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.

South America
Max. Length 5.1 cm TL
Knodus heteresthes (Eigenmann, 1908)

Photo by Photo by Romàn-Valencia, C.
 
Knodus heteresthes
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.4 cm TL
 
Knodus hypopterus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
 
Knodus longus
[]

Photo by Galtier Delbosc, M.

South America
Max. Length 6.9 cm TL
Knodus megalops Myers, 1929

Photo by Photo by Galtier Delbosc, M.
 
Knodus megalops
[]

Photo by Galvis, G./Mojica, J.I./Camargo, M.

South America
Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
Knodus meridae Eigenmann, 1911

Photo by Photo by Galvis, G./Mojica, J.I./Camargo, M.
 
Knodus meridae
[]
No picture found
 
Knodus mizquae
[]

Photo by Equipe de Ictiologia do Nupélia

South America
Max. Length 4.5 cm TL
Knodus moenkhausii (Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903)

Photo by Photo by Equipe de Ictiologia do Nupélia
 
Knodus moenkhausii
[]
No picture found
 
Knodus orteguasae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Knodus pasco
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.0 cm TL
 
Knodus savannensis
[]

Photo by Yuri Hooker/WWF-OPP

South America
Max. Length 5.1 cm SL
Knodus septentrionalis Géry, 1972

Photo by Photo by Yuri Hooker/WWF-OPP
 
Knodus septentrionalis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
 
Knodus shinahota
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm TL
 
Knodus smithi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.3 cm SL
 
Knodus tiquiensis
[]

Photo by Ramos, T.P.A.

South America

Knodus victoriae (Steindachner, 1907)

Photo by Photo by Ramos, T.P.A.
 
Knodus victoriae
[]

Photo by Aguirre, W./FMNH

South America
Max. Length 4.2 cm SL
Landonia latidens Eigenmann & Henn, 1914

Photo by Photo by Aguirre, W./FMNH
 
Landonia latidens
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.0 cm SL
 
Lepidocharax burnsi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
 
Lepidocharax diamantina
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.9 cm SL
 
Lophiobrycon weitzmani
[]

Photo by Castro-Lima, F.

South America
Max. Length 10.4 cm SL
Markiana geayi (Pellegrin, 1909)

Photo by Photo by Castro-Lima, F.
 
Markiana geayi
[]

Photo by Aguilera, G.

South America
Max. Length 10.4 cm SL
Markiana nigripinnis (Perugia, 1891)

Photo by Photo by Aguilera, G.
 
Markiana nigripinnis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.1 cm SL
 
Microgenys lativirgata
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Microgenys minuta
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.8 cm SL
 
Microgenys weyrauchi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.5 cm SL
 
Mimagoniates barberi
[]

Photo by Terceira, A.C.

South America
Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
Mimagoniates inequalis (Eigenmann, 1911)

Photo by Photo by Terceira, A.C.
 
Mimagoniates inequalis
[Croaking tetra]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.3 cm SL
 
Mimagoniates lateralis
[]

Photo by Sazima, I.

South America
Max. Length 6.1 cm SL
Mimagoniates microlepis (Steindachner, 1877)

Photo by Photo by Sazima, I.
 
Mimagoniates microlepis
[Blue tetra]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
 
Mimagoniates pulcher
[]

Photo by Guimarães, T.F.R.

South America
Max. Length 4.8 cm SL
Mimagoniates rheocharis Menezes & Weitzman, 1990

Photo by Photo by Guimarães, T.F.R.
 
Mimagoniates rheocharis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.0 cm SL
 
Mimagoniates sylvicola
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.8 cm SL
 
Monotocheirodon drilos
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.7 cm SL
 
Monotocheirodon kontos
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.4 cm
 
Monotocheirodon pearsoni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.7 cm SL
 
Odontostoechus lethostigmus
[]

Photo by Galtier Delbosc, M.

South America
Max. Length 4.7 cm
Othonocheirodus eigenmanni Myers, 1927

Photo by Photo by Galtier Delbosc, M.
 
Othonocheirodus eigenmanni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4 cm SL
 
Phallobrycon adenacanthus
[]

Photo by Aguirre, W./FMNH

South America
Max. Length 3.0 cm SL
Phenacobrycon henni (Eigenmann, 1914)

Photo by Photo by Aguirre, W./FMNH
 
Phenacobrycon henni
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.9 cm SL
 
Piabarchus analis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 7.7 cm SL
 
Piabarchus torrenticola
[]

Photo by Marceniuk, A.P.

South America

Piabina anhembi da Silva & Kaefer, 2003

Photo by Photo by Marceniuk, A.P.
 
Piabina anhembi
[]

Photo by Manzotti, A.R.

South America
Max. Length 7.3 cm SL
Piabina argentea Reinhardt, 1867

Photo by Photo by Manzotti, A.R.
 
Piabina argentea
[]

Photo by Equipe de Ictiologia do Nupélia

South America

Planaltina britskii Menezes, Weitzman & Burns, 2003

Photo by Photo by Equipe de Ictiologia do Nupélia
 
Planaltina britskii
[]
No picture found
 
Planaltina glandipedis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 5.5 cm SL
 
Planaltina kaingang
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.6 cm SL
 
Planaltina myersi
[]

Photo by Roselet, F.F.G.

South America
Max. Length 6.3 cm SL
Pseudocorynopoma doriae Perugia, 1891

Photo by Photo by Roselet, F.F.G.
 
Pseudocorynopoma doriae
[Dragonfin tetra]

Photo by Marceniuk, A.P.

South America
Max. Length 5.6 cm SL
Pseudocorynopoma heterandria Eigenmann, 1914

Photo by Photo by Marceniuk, A.P.
 
Pseudocorynopoma heterandria
[]

Photo by Petersen, P.

South America
Max. Length 6.2 cm SL
Pseudocorynopoma stanleyi Malabarba, Chuctaya, Hirschmann, Oliveira & Thomaz, 2020

Photo by Photo by Petersen, P.
 
Pseudocorynopoma stanleyi
[Clear-finned dragonfin tetra]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.5 cm SL
 
Pterobrycon landoni
[]

Photo by Hoffmann, P. and M. Hoffmann

Central America
Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
Pterobrycon myrnae Bussing, 1974

Photo by Photo by Hoffmann, P. and M. Hoffmann
 
Pterobrycon myrnae
[Semaphore tetra]
No picture found

Max. Length 6.2 cm SL
 
Ptychocharax rhyacophila
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.9 cm SL
 
Rhinobrycon negrensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.0 cm SL
 
Rhinopetitia myersi
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 4.5 cm SL
 
Rhinopetitia potamorhachia
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.2 cm SL
 
Scopaeocharax atopodus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.0 cm SL
 
Scopaeocharax rhinodus
[]

Photo by Zarske, A.

South America
Max. Length 1.7 cm SL
Trochilocharax ornatus Zarske, 2010

Photo by Photo by Zarske, A.
 
Trochilocharax ornatus
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 2.1 cm SL
Tyttocharax cochui (Ladiges, 1950)

Photo by Photo by JJPhoto
 
Tyttocharax cochui
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm SL
 
Tyttocharax madeirae
[Blackedge tetra]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.9 cm SL
 
Tyttocharax metae
[]

Photo by JJPhoto

South America
Max. Length 1.6 cm SL
Tyttocharax tambopatensis Weitzman & Ortega, 1995

Photo by Photo by JJPhoto
 
Tyttocharax tambopatensis
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 3.6 cm SL
 
Varicharax nigrolineatus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm SL
 
Xenurobrycon coracoralinae
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2.1 cm SL
 
Xenurobrycon heterodon
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 2 cm SL
 
Xenurobrycon macropus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm SL
 
Xenurobrycon polyancistrus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.5 cm SL
 
Xenurobrycon pteropus
[]
No picture found

Max. Length 1.4 cm SL
 
Xenurobrycon varii
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Hemibrycon velox South America 11 SL 1964
Hemibrycon virolinica South America 9.8 SL 2010
Hemibrycon yacopiae South America 8.9 SL 2010
Hypobrycon leptorhynchus South America 4.8 SL 1996
Hypobrycon maromba South America 4.8 SL 1994
Hysteronotus megalostomus South America 4.2 SL 1911
Iotabrycon praecox South America 2.2 SL 1973
Knodus borki South America 2008
Knodus breviceps South America 8.7 TL 1908
Knodus caquetae South America 6.5 SL 1945
Knodus chapadae South America 5.7 SL 1906
Knodus delta South America 3.6 SL 1972
Knodus dorsomaculatus South America 4.8 SL 2010
Knodus figueiredoi South America 3.2 SL 2014
Knodus gamma South America 4.8 SL 1972
Knodus geryi South America 6.5 SL 2004
Knodus heteresthes South America 5.1 TL 1908
Knodus hypopterus South America 6.4 TL 1943
Knodus longus South America 4.6 SL 2006
Knodus megalops South America 6.9 TL 1929
Knodus meridae South America 4.5 SL 1911
Knodus mizquae South America 1943
Knodus moenkhausii South America 4.5 TL 1903
Knodus orteguasae South America 1943
Knodus pasco South America 5.5 SL 2007
Knodus savannensis South America 6.0 TL 1961
Knodus septentrionalis South America 5.1 SL 1972
Knodus shinahota South America 3.7 SL 2007
Knodus smithi South America 3.5 TL 1913
Knodus tiquiensis South America 7.3 SL 2006
Knodus victoriae South America 1907
Landonia latidens South America 4.2 SL 1914
Lepidocharax burnsi South America 4.0 SL 2011
Lepidocharax diamantina South America 3.9 SL 2011
Lophiobrycon weitzmani South America 2.9 SL 2003
Markiana geayi South America 10.4 SL 1909
Markiana nigripinnis South America 10.4 SL 1891
Microgenys lativirgata South America 7.1 SL 1927
Microgenys minuta South America 4.5 SL 1913
Microgenys weyrauchi South America 2.8 SL 1945
Mimagoniates barberi South America 3.5 SL 1907
Mimagoniates inequalis Croaking tetra South America 3.3 SL 1911
Mimagoniates lateralis South America 3.3 SL 1913
Mimagoniates microlepis Blue tetra South America 6.1 SL 1877
Mimagoniates pulcher South America 3.7 SL 2009
Mimagoniates rheocharis South America 4.8 SL 1990
Mimagoniates sylvicola South America 3.0 SL 1990
Monotocheirodon drilos South America 3.8 SL 2013
Monotocheirodon kontos South America 3.7 SL 2013
Monotocheirodon pearsoni South America 4.4 1924
Odontostoechus lethostigmus South America 6.7 SL 1947
Othonocheirodus eigenmanni South America 4.7 1927
Phallobrycon adenacanthus South America 4 SL 2009
Phenacobrycon henni South America 3.0 SL 1914
Piabarchus analis South America 4.9 SL 1914
Piabarchus torrenticola South America 7.7 SL 1988
Piabina anhembi South America 2003
Piabina argentea South America 7.3 SL 1867
Planaltina britskii South America 2003
Planaltina glandipedis South America 2003
Planaltina kaingang South America 5.5 SL 2018
Planaltina myersi South America 4.6 SL 1954
Pseudocorynopoma doriae Dragonfin tetra South America 6.3 SL 1891
Pseudocorynopoma heterandria South America 5.6 SL 1914
Pseudocorynopoma stanleyi Clear-finned dragonfin tetra South America 6.2 SL 2020
Pterobrycon landoni South America 2.5 SL 1913
Pterobrycon myrnae Semaphore tetra Central America 3.9 SL 1974
Ptychocharax rhyacophila South America 6.2 SL 1994
Rhinobrycon negrensis South America 3.9 SL 1944
Rhinopetitia myersi South America 3.0 SL 1964
Rhinopetitia potamorhachia South America 4.5 SL 2014
Scopaeocharax atopodus South America 2.2 SL 1958
Scopaeocharax rhinodus South America 3.0 SL 1958
Trochilocharax ornatus South America 1.7 SL 2010
Tyttocharax cochui South America 2.1 SL 1950
Tyttocharax madeirae Blackedge tetra South America 2.1 SL 1913
Tyttocharax metae South America 1.9 SL 2012
Tyttocharax tambopatensis South America 1.6 SL 1995
Varicharax nigrolineatus South America 3.6 SL 2020
Xenurobrycon coracoralinae South America 1.5 SL 2005
Xenurobrycon heterodon South America 2.1 SL 1985
Xenurobrycon macropus South America 2 SL 1945
Xenurobrycon polyancistrus South America 1.4 SL 1987
Xenurobrycon pteropus South America 1.5 SL 1985
Xenurobrycon varii South America 1.4 SL 2016



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