Oligosarcus

Oligosarcus
	Oligosarcus jenynsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Oligosarcus; Günther, 1864

Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil, They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.

Species

There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:

Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1987
Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015 ^[1]
Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864
Oligosarcus bolivianus (Fowler, 1940)
Oligosarcus brevioris Menezes, 1987
Oligosarcus hepsetus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
Oligosarcus itau Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2011
Oligosarcus jacuiensis Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2010
Oligosarcus jenynsii (Günther, 1864)
Oligosarcus longirostris Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1877)
Oligosarcus menezesi Miquelarena & Protogino, 1996
Oligosarcus oligolepis (Steindachner, 1867)
Oligosarcus paranensis Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus perdido A. C. Ribeiro, Cavallaro & Froehlich, 2007
Oligosarcus pintoi Amaral Campos, 1945
Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus platensis (Messner, 1962) ^[2]
Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969
Oligosarcus schindleri Menezes & Géry, 1983
Oligosarcus solitarius Menezes, 1987
Oligosarcus varii Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2015 ^[2]

References

^ Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 581–590.
^ ^a ^b Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 541-546.

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[Almirón2015-1] Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K. & Říčan, O. (2015): Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa, 3915 (4): 581–590.

[Menezes2015-2] Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 541-546.

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