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Genera that contain: Tetragonopterus [ 19 ] records

Acrobrycon Eigenmann [C. H.] & Pearson [N. E.] in Pearson 1924:44 [Indiana University Studies v. 11 (no. 64); ref. 3396] Masc. Tetragonopterus ipanquianus Cope 1877. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Acrobrycon Eigenmann & Pearson 1924 -- (Géry 1977:358 [ref. 1597], Weitzman & Fink 1985:1 et seq. [ref. 5203], Weitzman et al. 1988:383 [ref. 13557], Weitzman & Menezes 1998:184 [ref. 23843], Weitzman in Reis et al. 2003:223 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:8 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Stevardiinae, Mirande 2010:533 [ref. 31006], Menezes & Weitzman 2011:59 [ref. 31289], Arcila et al. 2014:605 [ref. 33096], Sarmiento et al. 2014:183 [ref. 35004], Thomaz et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33893] in Stevardiinae, tribe Hemibryconini, Thomaz et al. 2015: Add. 5 [ref. 33893]). Current status: Valid as Acrobrycon Eigenmann & Pearson 1924. Characidae: Stevardiinae.

Aequidens (subgenus of Tetragonopterus) Steindachner [F.] 1915:34 [48] [Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse. v. 93; ref. 4244] Masc. Tetragonopterus (Aequidens) fasslii Steindachner 1915. Type by monotypy. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Aequidens Eigenmann & Bray 1894 in fishes, replaced by Evenichthys Whitley 1935. "Misprint for Astyanax" written in separate at the California Academy of Sciences, and this plus style (see new subgenus Pseudepapterus) suggests that the name was in error and not intended as an original description. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Astyanax Baird & Girard 1854. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Astyanacinus Eigenmann [C. H.] 1907:769 [American Naturalist v. 41 (no. 492); ref. 1220] Masc. Tetragonopterus moorii Boulenger 1892. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Spelled Astycinus by Jordan 1920:522 [ref. 4905] and Astyacinus by Neave 1939:337 [ref. 12569]. •Valid as Astyanacinus Eigenmann 1907 -- (Géry 1977:415 [ref. 1597], Britski et al. 1999:36 [ref. 24147], Lima in Reis et al. 2003:107 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:11 [ref. 30267] as incertae sedis in Characidae, Bertaco et al. 2010:265 [ref. 30864] but redefined, Mirande 2010:545 [ref. 31006], Mirande et al. 2011:13 [ref. 31465], Torres-Mejia et al. 2012:501 [ref. 32312], Dagosta 2024:92 [ref. 40817]). •Synonym of Astyanax Baird & Girard 1854 -- (Ruiz-C. et al. 2018:3 [ref. 35787], Terán et al. 2020:9 [ref. 37440]). Current status: Synonym of Astyanax Baird & Girard 1854. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Bario Myers [G. S.] 1940:35 [Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin v. 2 (no. 1); ref. 3118] Masc. Tetragonopterus steindachneri Eigenmann 1893. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Entomolepis Eigenmann 1917, preoccupied by Entomolepis Brady 1889 in Crustacea. Treated as masculine (Art. 30.2.4). •Valid as Bario Myers 1940 -- (Géry 1977:454 [ref. 1597], Zarske & Géry 2002:17 [ref. 26554], Benine in Reis et al. 2003:114 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Hemigrammus clade, Mirande 2010:500 [ref. 31006] in Characidae, Tetragonopterinae, Bertaco et al. 2011:57 [ref. 31234], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004]). Current status: Valid as Bario Myers 1940. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Creatochanes (subgenus of Tetragonopterus) Günther [A.] 1864:318, 329-330 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Masc. Salmo melanurus Bloch 1794. Type by subsequent designation. Treated as masculine, Art. 30.2.4. Described as a section or subgenus in key (p. 318) with corresponding species on pp. 329-330. Type designated by Eigenmann 1910:435 [ref. 1224]. •Synonym of Bryconops Kner 1858, but a valid subgenus Creatochanes as described -- (Géry 1977:435 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:143 [ref. 23654], Machado-Allison et al. 1993:3 [ref. 22035], Chernoff et al. 1994:240 [ref. 22044], Chernoff & Machado-Allison 1999:359 [ref. 24235], Chernoff et al. 2002:199 [ref. 26532], Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:119 [ref. 27061], Chernoff & Machado-Allison 2005:20 [ref. 28573], Mirande 2010:487 [ref. 31006] in Bryconops clade, Wingert & Malabarba 2011:471 [ref. 31515], Silva-Oliveira et al. 2018:373 [ref. 36284]). Current status: Synonym of Bryconops Kner 1858. Iguanodectidae.

Ctenobrycon Eigenmann [C. H.] 1908:94 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 52 (no. 6); ref. 1221] Masc. Tetragonopterus hauxwellianus Cope 1870. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Ctenobrycon Eigenmann 1908 -- (Géry 1977:431 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:176 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:36 [ref. 24147], Benine & Cassati in Reis et al. 2003:126 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] and Mirande 2010:514 [ref. 31006] in Characidae, Astyanax clade with question, Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561]). Current status: Valid as Ctenobrycon Eigenmann 1908. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Entomolepis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1917:63 [Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 43 (pt 1); ref. 1236] Fem. Tetragonopterus steindachneri Eigenmann 1893. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Entomolepis Brady 1889 in Crustacea; replaced by Bario Myers 1940. •Synonym of Bario Myers 1940 -- (Benine in Reis et al. 2003:114 [ref. 27061]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Bario Myers 1940. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Ephippicharax Fowler [H. W.] 1913:51 [Science (new series) v. 38 (no. 967); ref. 1387] Masc. Tetragonopterus compressus Günther 1864. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Fowlerina Eigenmann 1908, preoccupied by Fowlerina Pelseneer 1906 in Mollusca. •Synonym of Poptella Eigenmann 1908 -- (Géry 1977:367 [ref. 1597], Reis 1989:18 [ref. 14219], Taphorn 1992:302 [ref. 23654], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Poptella Eigenmann 1908. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Evenichthys Whitley [G. P.] 1935:250 [Records of the Australian Museum v. 19 (no. 4); ref. 4683] Masc. Tetragonopterus (Aequidens) fasslii Steindachner 1915. Type by being a replacement name. Replacement for Aequidens Steindachner 1915, preoccupied by Aequidens Eigenmann & Bray 1894. Misspelled Evemichthys in Zoological Record for 1935. Written in Stanford reprint of Steindachner 1915: "Aequidens Stdr. 1915 was a lapsus calami for Astyanax." •Synonym of Astyanax Baird & Girard 1854 -- (Buckup in Reis et al. 2003:107 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Astyanax Baird & Girard 1854. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Fowlerina Eigenmann [C. H.] 1907:771 [American Naturalist v. 41 (no. 492); ref. 1220] Fem. Tetragonopterus compressus Günther 1864. Type by monotypy. Probably appeared first in Eigenmann, McAtee & Ward 1907:153 [ref. 1261] with 2 included species. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Fowlerina Pelseneer 1906 in Mollusca, replaced by Ephippicharax Fowler 1913. •In the synonymy of Poptella Eigenmann 1908 -- (Reis 1989:18 [ref. 14219], Taphorn 1992:302 [ref. 23654], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061]). 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Poptella Eigenmann 1908. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Hemibrycon (subgenus of Tetragonopterus) Günther [A.] 1864:318, 330 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Masc. Tetragonopterus polyodon Günther 1864. Type by monotypy. Described in key (p. 318) as section or subgenus of Tetragonopterus with corresponding species on p. 330. •Valid as Hemibrycon Günther 1864 -- (Géry 1977:378 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:197 [ref. 23654], Malabarba in Reis et al. 2003:129 [ref. 27061], Román-Valencia et al. 2006:209 [ref. 28983], Román-Valencia et al. 2007:180 [ref. 29496], Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa 2008:74 [ref. 29744], Mirande 2009:8 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Stevardiinae, Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa 2009:78 [ref. 30718], Román-Valencia et al. 2009:27 [ref. 30722], Román-Valencia & Arcila-Mesa 2010:339 [ref. 30721], Román-Valencia et al. 2010:99 [ref. 30945], Mirande 2010:533 [ref. 31006], Bertaco & Malabarba 2010:738 [ref. 31076], Oliveira et al. 2011:16 [ref. 31685], Román-Valencia et al. 2013:1365 [ref. 32877], Sarmiento et al. 2014:184 [ref. 35004], García-Alzate et al. 2015:89 [ref. 33838], Thomaz et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33893] in Stevardiinae, tribe Hemibryconini, García-Melo et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35894], Román-Valencia et al. 2018:38 [ref. 36348], García-Melo et al. 2019:13 [ref. 36761], Ardila Rodríguez 2020:1 [ref. 37579], Ruiz-C. et al. 2023:215 [ref. 40482]). Current status: Valid as Hemibrycon Günther 1864. Characidae: Stevardiinae.

Hollandichthys Eigenmann [C. H.] 1909:257 [The fresh-water fishes of Patagonia v. 3 (pt 3); ref. 1223] Masc. Tetragonopterus multifasciatus Eigenmann & Norris 1900. Type by monotypy. Type species mentioned on p. 374. Also published in Eigenmann 1010:432 [ref. 1224] with type. •Synonym of Pseudochalceus Kner 1863, but a valid subgenus -- (Zarske & Géry 2006:39 [ref. 28750]). •Valid as Hollandichthys Eigenmann 1909 -- (Weitzman et al. 1986:343 [ref. 5984], Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:134 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Bramocharax clade, Román-Valencia et al. 2010:99 [ref. 30945] as Hollandicthys, Thomaz et al. 2010:1347 [ref. 31210], Mirande 2010:496 [ref. 31006] in Characidae, Pseudochalceus clade, Malabarba et al. 2012:48 [ref. 31810], Bertaco & Malabarba 2013:767 [ref. 33026], Bertaco et al. 2016:413 [ref. 34561], Bertaco 2022:102 [ref. 40102]). Current status: Valid as Hollandichthys Eigenmann 1909. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Holopristis Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:145 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 45; ref. 1218] Fem. Tetragonopterus ocellifer Steindachner 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). Unjustifiably emended or misspelled Holopristes by Eigenmann & Ogle 1907:11 [ref. 1266]. •Synonym of Hemigrammus Gill 1858 -- (Taphorn 1992:200 [ref. 23654], Lima & Oyakawa in Reis et al. 2003:130 [ref. 27061]). Current status: Synonym of Hemigrammus Gill 1858. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Markiana Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:145 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 45; ref. 1218] Fem. Tetragonopterus nigripinnis Perugia 1891. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Markiana Eigenmann 1903 -- (Géry 1977:455 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:248 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:30 [ref. 24147], Zarske & Géry 2002:17 [ref. 26554], Pavanelli in Reis et al. 2003:144 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Astyanax clade, Mirande 2010:514 [ref. 31006], Baicere-Silva et al. 2011:371 [ref. 31394] in Stevardiinae, Mirande et al. 2011:13 [ref. 31465] in Astyanax clade, Thomaz et al. 2015:8 [ref. 33893] in Stevardiinae, tribe Eretmobryconini). Current status: Valid as Markiana Eigenmann 1903. Characidae: Stevardiinae.

Moenkhausia Eigenmann [C. H.] 1903:145 [Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 45; ref. 1218] Fem. Tetragonopterus xinguensis Steindachner 1882. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Moenkhausia Eigenmann 1903 -- (Géry 1977:438 [ref. 1597], Géry 1992 [ref. 20972], Taphorn 1992:266 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:32 [ref. 24147], Lima & Toledo-Piza 2001:1058 [ref. 25823], Zarske & Géry 2002:17 [ref. 26554], Benine 2002:289 [ref. 26541], Benine in Reis et al. 2003:145 [ref. 27061], Benine et al. 2004:68 [ref. 27502], Géry & Zarske 2004:40 [ref. 28287], Bertaco & Lucinda 2006:64 [ref. 28492], Lima & Birindelli 2006:53 [ref. 28635], Lucinda et al. 2007:61, 66 [ref. 29183], Benine et al. 2009:161 [ref. 30250], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Hemigrammus clade, Zanata et al. 2010:2615 [ref. 30712], Sousa et al. 2010:255 [ref. 30683], Marinho & Langeani 2010:879 [ref. 30927], Marinho & Langeani 2010:57 [ref. 30941], Marinho 2010:655 [ref. 30977], Mirande 2010:500 [ref. 31006] in Characidae, Tetragonopterinae, Melo et al. 2011:53 [ref. 31233], Bertaco et al. 2011:57 [ref. 31234], Bertaco et al. 2011:29 [ref. 31403], Carvalho et al. 2014:377 [ref. 33383], Pastana & Dagosta 2014:389 [ref. 33384], Petrolli & Benine 2015:401 [ref. 33887], Dagosta et al. 2015:417 [ref. 33998], Ohara & Lima 2015:159 [ref. 34046], Oliveira & Marinho 2016:566 [ref. 34342], Marinho et al. 2016:243 [ref. 34376], Ohara & Marinho 2016:[1] 37 [ref. 34383], Petrolli et al. 2016:159 [ref. 34395], Marinho & Langeani 2016:338 [ref. 34416], Dagosta & Marinho 2016:[1] [ref. 34498], Bertaco et al. 2016:414 [ref. 34561], Azevedo-Santos & Benine 2016:203 [ref. 34837], Soares & Bührnheim 2016:392 [ref. 34972]. Soares et al. 2017:255 [ref. 35237], Britzke et al. 2018:1 [ref. 36024], Lima & Soares 2018:69 [ref. 36077], Deprá et al. 2018:87 [ref. 36283], Soares et al. 2019:232 [ref. 36688], Soares & Benine 2019:487 [ref. 37120], Mathubara & Toledo-Piza 2020:1 [ref. 37766], Mathubara & Toledo-Piza 2020:1 [ref. 37778], Marinho et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38394], Reia et al. 2021:1 [ref. 38583], Marinho & Dagosta 2023:1 [ref. 40358], Lima et al. 2023:586 [ref. 40391], Reia et al. 2024:1 [ref. 40849]). Current status: Valid as Moenkhausia Eigenmann 1903. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Phenacogaster Eigenmann [C. H.] 1907:769 [American Naturalist v. 41 (no. 492); ref. 1220] Fem. Tetragonopterus pectinatus Cope 1870. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Phenacogaster Eigenmann 1907 -- (Géry 1977:527 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:295 [ref. 23654], Malabarba & Lucena 1995 [ref. 21946], Britski et al. 1999:40 [ref. 24147], Lucena and Menezes in Reis et al. 2003:203 [ref. 27061], Lucena & Gama 2007:151 [ref. 29059], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Characinae, Lucena & Malabarba 2010:263 [ref. 30880], Mirande 2010:490 [ref. 31006], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Antonetti et al. 2018:271 [ref. 36204], Lucena & Lucena 2019:1 [ref. 36690], Souza et al. 2023:1 [ref. 40222]). Current status: Valid as Phenacogaster Eigenmann 1907. Characidae: Characinae.

Poptella Eigenmann [C. H.] 1908:106 [Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 52 (no. 6); ref. 1221] Fem. Tetragonopterus longipinnis Popta 1901. Type by original designation (also monotypic). •Valid as Poptella Eigenmann 1908 -- (Géry 1977:367 [ref. 1597], Reis 1989:18 [ref. 14219], Taphorn 1992:302 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:56 [ref. 24147], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:210 [ref. 27061], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Stethaprioninae, Mirande 2010:500 [ref. 31006] in Characidae, Tetragonopterinae, Oliveira et al. 2011:13 [ref. 31685] in Stethaprioninae, Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2019:1 [ref. 36770], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2021:1 [ref. 38089], Garcia-Ayala & Benine 2023:1 [ref. 40179]). Current status: Valid as Poptella Eigenmann 1908. Characidae: Stethaprioninae.

Tetragonopterus Cuvier [G.] 1816:166 [Le Règne Animal; ref. 993] Masc. Tetragonopterus argenteus Cuvier 1816. Type by monotypy. Appeared first without latinization in Cuvier 1815:114 [ref. 5017]. •Valid as Tetragonopterus Cuvier 1816 -- (Géry 1977:450 [ref. 1597], Taphorn 1992:343 [ref. 23654], Britski et al. 1999:30 [ref. 24147], Reis in Reis et al. 2003:212 [ref. 27061], Benine et al. 2004:339 [ref. 27973], Mirande 2009:7 [ref. 30267] in Characidae, Tetragonopterinae, Mirande 2010:500 [ref. 31006], Melo et al. 2011:49 [ref. 31233], Silva & Benine 2011:50 [ref. 31347], Oliveira et al. 2011:15 [ref. 31685], Silva et al. 2013:1613 [ref. 32576], Araujo & Lucinda 2014:309 [ref. 33377], Carvalho & Santos 2015:146 [ref. 33957], Melo et al. 2015:709 [ref. 35424], Silva et al. 2016:10 [ref. 34929], Urbanski et al. 2018:[1] [ref. 35973], Terán et al. 2020:5 [ref. 37440]). Current status: Valid as Tetragonopterus Cuvier 1816. Characidae: Tetragonopterinae.

Tetragonopterus Bleeker [P.] 1863:234 [Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 1; ref. 398] Masc. Bleeker adopted Tetragonoptrus of Klein (unavailable) in Chaetodontidae and used it in many publications in the 1860s (as Tetragonopterus, sometimes as Tetragonoptrus); above use may not be earliest, but genus can date to Bleeker. As published above with 17 species listed; type perhaps not yet established, not capistratus as listed by Jordan 1919:348 [ref. 4904] if above was first publication; Jordan & Evermann 1898:1672 [ref. 2444] designate striatus as type. Objectively invalid; preoccupied by Tetragonopterus Cuvier 1816. •In the synonymy of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. 1°Homonym. Current status: Synonym of Chaetodon Linnaeus 1758. Chaetodontidae: Chaetodontinae.


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