Jupiaba

Jupiaba
Jupiaba pinnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily: Jupiabinae
Benine & Ota, 2024[2]
Genus: Jupiaba
Zanata, 1997[1]
Type species
Jupiaba poranga
Zanata, 1997[1]

Jupiaba is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are from South America. It is the only member of the subfamily Jupiabinae.[1][2]

Species

Jupiaba contains the following valid species:[3]

  • Jupiaba abramoides (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
  • Jupiaba acanthogaster (C. H. Eigenmann, 1911)
  • Jupiaba ajuricaba (Marinho & F. C. T. Lima, 2009)
  • Jupiaba anterior (C, H. Eigenmann, 1908)
  • Jupiaba anteroides (Géry, 1965)
  • Jupiaba apenima Zanata, 1997
  • Jupiaba asymmetrica (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)
  • Jupiaba atypindi Zanata, 1997
  • Jupiaba citrina Zanata & Ohara, 2009
  • Jupiaba elassonaktis T. N. A. Pereira & Lucinda, 2007
  • Jupiaba essequibensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
  • Jupiaba iasy Netto-Ferreira, Zanata, Birindelli & Sousa, 2009
  • Jupiaba keithi (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
  • Jupiaba kurua Birindelli, Zanata, Sousa & Netto-Ferreira, 2009
  • Jupiaba maroniensis (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
  • Jupiaba meunieri (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
  • Jupiaba minor (Travassos, 1964)
  • Jupiaba mucronata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
  • Jupiaba ocellata (Géry, Planquette & Le Bail, 1996)
  • Jupiaba paranatinga Netto-Ferreira, Zanata, Birindelli & Sousa, 2009
  • Jupiaba pinnata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
  • Jupiaba pirana Zanata, 1997
  • Jupiaba poekotero Zanata & F. C. T. Lima, 2005
  • Jupiaba polylepis (Günther, 1864)
  • Jupiaba poranga Zanata, 1997
  • Jupiaba potaroensis (C. H. Eigenmann, 1909)
  • Jupiaba scologaster (M. J. Weitzman & Vari, 1986)[4]
  • Jupiaba yarina Zanata, 1997
  • Jupiaba zonata (C. H. Eigenmann, 1908)

References

  1. ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
  2. ^ a b Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; et al. (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1) zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. hdl:11449/301453. ISSN 0024-4082.
  3. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Jupiaba". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  4. ^ Astyanax scologaster, a new Characid (Pisces: Ostariophysi) from the Rio Negro, South America by Marilyn J. Weitzman and Richard P. Vari Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 99:709-716 (1986)i. Vol. 99. 1986.