Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil (South, Southeast and Central-West regions). They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.[1]
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| Oligosarcus jenynsii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 |
Species edit
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1987
- Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015[2]
- 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)[3]
- Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969
- Oligosarcus schindleri Menezes & Géry, 1983
- Oligosarcus solitarius Menezes, 1987
- Oligosarcus varii Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2015[3]
References edit
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Oligosarcus in FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ 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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