Myxiops
| Myxiops | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Stygichthyinae |
| Genus: | Myxiops Zanata & Akama, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Myxiops aphos Zanata & Akama 2004[1]
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Myxiops is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the subfamily Stygichthyinae of family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The name is an allusion to the slime that the fish produces, from the Greek μύξα (mýxa), meaning "mucus". It was formerly monotypic, including only M. aphos, and both species were at some time allocated to its sister taxon of Deuterodon, before the genus was revalidated in 2024.[2]
Species
The genus currently includes the following valid species:[3]
- Myxiops aphos Zanata & Akama, 2004
- Myxiops pelecus (Bertaco & C. A. S. de Lucena, 2006)
References
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stigichthyinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 October 2025.
- ^ Melo, B. F.; R. P. Ota; R. C. Benine; F. R. Carvalho; F. C. T. Lima; G. M. T. Mattox; C. S. Souza; T. C. Faria; L. Reia; F. F. Roxo; M. Valdez-Moreno; T. J. Near; C. Oliveira (3 September 2024). "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.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Myxiops". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 April 2025.