Bryconops

Bryconops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Bryconops Kner, 1858
Type species
Bryconops alburnoides Kner, 1858
Species
See text.

Bryconops is a genus of South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae. commonly known as "saltadores" "jumpers". They usually live clear and acid waters. For information on the species see Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1997, 1999, 2005; Chernoff et al., 1994, 2002; Machado-Allison et al.., 1993 & 1996; Machado & Chernoff, 1997

Species

• Bryconops affinis (Günther, 1864) (Orangefin tetra)
• Bryconops alburnoides Kner, 1858
• Bryconops caudomaculatus (Günther, 1864) (Tailspot tetra)
• Bryconops colanegra Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1999
• Bryconops colaroja Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1999
• Bryconops collettei Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2005
• Bryconops cyrtogaster (Norman, 1926)
• Bryconops disruptus Machado-Allison & Chernoff, 1997
• Bryconops durbini (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
• Bryconops giacopinii (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)
• Bryconops gracilis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
• Bryconops humeralis Machado-Allison, Chernoff & Buckup, 1996
• Bryconops imitator Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2002
• Bryconops inpai Knöppel, Junk & Géry, 1968
• Bryconops magoi Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2005
• Bryconops melanurus (Bloch, 1794)
• Bryconops piracolina Wingert & L. R. Malabarba, 2011
• Bryconops transitoria (Steindachner, 1915)
• Bryconops vibex Machado-Allison, Chernoff & Buckup, 1996

References

• Chernoff, B. & A. Machado-Allison (1997). Bryconops disruptus (Characiformes-Characidae, una nueva especie de pez de la cuenca del Río Negro en Brasil y Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 17(2):67-75.
• Chernoff, B. & A. Machado-Allison (1999). Bryconops colaroja and B. colanegra, two new species from the Cuyuni and Caroni drainages of South America. Ichth. Explor. Freshwaters, Vol. 10(4): 355-370.
• Chernoff, Barry & Machado-Allison, Antonio (2005). "Bryconops magoi and Bryconops collettei (Characiformes: Characidae), two new freshwater fish species from Venezuela, with comments on B. caudomaculatus (Günther)". Zootaxa 1094: 1–23.  Includes a key.
• Chernoff, B, A. Machado-Allison, P. Buckup & R. Royero (1994). Systematic status and neotype designation for Autanichthys giacopinni Fernandez-Yepez, with comments on the morphology of Bryconops melanurus (Bloch). Copeia, 1:238-242.
• Chernoff,B. A. Machado-Allison, F. Provenzano, P. Willink & P. Petry (2002). Bryconops imitator a new species of freshwater fish from the Rio Caura, Venezuela. Icht. Explor. Freshwaters, 13 (3): 193-202
• Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Bryconops in FishBase. October 2011 version.
• Machado-Allison, A., B. Chernoff, P. Buckup & R. Royero (1993). Las especies de Género Bryconops Kner, 1858 en Venezuela (Teleostei, Characiformes). Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 14(3):1-20.
• Machado-Allison, A., B. Chernoff y P. Buckup (1996). Bryconops humeralis y B. vibex, dos nuevas especies del Género Bryconops Kner, 1858 para Venezuela. Acta Biologica Venezuelica, 16(2):43-58.