Diapoma

Diapoma
Diapoma speculiferum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Diapominae
Genus: Diapoma
Cope, 1894[1]
Type species
Diapoma speculiferum
Cope, 1894[1]
Synonyms[1]

Cyanocharax Malabarba & Weitzman, 2003

Diapoma is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.[2]

Species

Diapoma contains the following valid species:[3]

  • Diapoma alburnus (Hensel, 1870)
  • Diapoma alegretense (Malabarba & Weitzman, 2003)
  • Diapoma dicropotamicum (Malabarba & Weitzman, 2003)
  • Diapoma guarani (Mahnert & Géry, 1987)
  • Diapoma itaimbe (Malabarba & Weitzma,n 2003)
  • Diapoma lepiclastum (Malabarba, Weitzman & Casciotta, 2003)
  • Diapoma nandi Vanegas‐Ríos, Azpelicueta & Malabarba, 2018
  • Diapoma obi (Casciotta, Almirón, Piálek & Říĉan, 2012)
  • Diapoma pampeana Ito, Carvalho, Pavanelli, Vanegas-Ríos & Malabarba, 2022
  • Diapoma potamohadros Ito, Carvalho, Pavanelli, Vanegas-Ríos & Malabarba, 2022
  • Diapoma pyrrhopteryx Menezes & Weitzman, 2011
  • Diapoma speculiferum Cope, 1894
  • Diapoma terofali (Géry, 1964)
  • Diapoma thauma Menezes & Weitzman, 2011
  • Diapoma tipiaia (Malabarba & Weitzman, 2003)
  • Diapoma uruguayensis (Messner, 1962)

References

  1. ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapominae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ^ Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G.; Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1) 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Diapoma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 September 2025.