Chilodus

Chilodus
	Chilodus punctatus, an aquarium fish, native to rivers in South America
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Chilodontidae
Genus:	Chilodus; J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844

Chilodus is a genus of extant chilodontid (characiform) headstanders from South America^[2]^[3]^[4] They live in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins, as well as in various rivers in the Guianas. The currently described, valid species in this genus are:

Chilodus fritillus Vari & H. Ortega, 1997
Chilodus gracilis Isbrücker & Nijssen, 1988 (graceful headstander),^[3]^[4] or sometimes called petite headstander
Chilodus punctatus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844 (spotted headstander )^[4]
Chilodus zunevei Puyo, 1946

Two of these species, C. punctatus and C. gracilis, are common aquarium fishes.

References[edit]

^ Müller, Johannes; Troschel, Franz (1844), "Beschreibung neuer Asteriden", Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 10 (1): 178–185
^ Müller, J.; Troschel, F. H. (1844). "Beschreibung neuer Asteriden". Archiv für Naturgeschichte. 10 (1): 81–99.
^ ^a ^b Babcock, L. E. (2024). "Replacement names for two species of Orthacanthus Agassiz, 1843 (Chondrichthyes, Xenacanthiformes), and discussion of Giebelodus Whitley, 1940, replacement name for Chilodus Giebel, 1848 (Chondrichthyes, Xenacanthiformes), preoccupied by Chilodus Müller & Troschel, 1844 (Actinopterygii, Characiformes)". ZooKeys. 1188: 219–226.
^ ^a ^b ^c Isbrücker, I. J. H.; Nijssen, H. (1988). "Review of the South American characiform fish genus Chilodus, with description of a new species, C. gracilis (Pisces, Characiformes, Chilodontidae)". Beaufortia. 38 (3): 47–56.

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Chilodus in FishBase. October 2011 version.

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