Rhoadsia
| Rhoadsia | |
|---|---|
| Rhoadsia altipinna | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhoadsiinae |
| Genus: | Rhoadsia Fowler, 1911[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rhoadsia altipinna Fowler, 1911[1]
| |
Rhoadsia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins.[1] The fishes in this genus are endemic to river basins in western Ecuador and Peru.[2] The name of this genus honours Samuel Nicholson Rhoads,[3] the owner of the Franklin Book Shop at 920 Walnut St., Philadelphia[4] and a naturalist in Philadelphia who collected the holotype of the type species of the genus, R. altipinna.[3]
Species
Rhoadsia contains the following valid species:[2]
- Rhoadsia altipinna Fowler, 1911
- Rhoadsia minor C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Rhoadsia". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ^ a b c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rhoadsiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Rhoadsia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2025.
- ^ a b Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ^ William Bacon Evans (1952–1953). "Samuel Nicholson Rhoads" (PDF). Cassina. 39: 17–20.