Hemigrammus

Hemigrammus
Hemigrammus bleheri
Hemigrammus erythrozonus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Hemigrammus T. N. Gill, 1858

Hemigrammus is a genus of fish in the family Characidae found in South America (including Trinidad). These species are popular aquarium fish.^[1]

Species

There are currently 59 recognized species in this genus:

• Hemigrammus aereus Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus aguaruna F. C. T. Lima, V. Correa & Ota, 2016 ^[2]
• Hemigrammus analis Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus arua F. C. T. Lima, Wosiacki & C. S. Ramos, 2009
• Hemigrammus ataktos Marinho, D'Agosta & Birindelli, 2014 ^[3]
• Hemigrammus barrigonae C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
• Hemigrammus bellottii (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus bleheri Géry & Mahnert, 1986 (Fire-head tetra)
• Hemigrammus boesemani Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus brevis Durbin, 1911
• Hemigrammus coeruleus Durbin, 1908
• Hemigrammus cupreus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus cylindricus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus diagonicus Mendonça & Wosiacki, 2011 ^[4]
• Hemigrammus durbinae Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2015 ^[5]
• Hemigrammus elegans (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus erythrozonus Durbin, 1909 (Glowlight tetra)
• Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 ^[6]
• Hemigrammus filamentosus Zarske, 2011 ^[7]
• Hemigrammus geisleri Zarske & Géry, 2007
• Hemigrammus gracilis (Lütken, 1875)
• Hemigrammus guyanensis Géry, 1959
• Hemigrammus haraldi Géry, 1961
• Hemigrammus hyanuary Durbin, 1918 (Costello tetra)
• Hemigrammus iota Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus levis Durbin, 1908
• Hemigrammus luelingi Géry, 1964
• Hemigrammus lunatus Durbin, 1918 ^[8]
• Hemigrammus machadoi Ota, F. C. T. Lima & Pavanelli, 2014 ^[8]
• Hemigrammus mahnerti Uj & Géry, 1989
• Hemigrammus marginatus Durbin, 1911
• Hemigrammus matei C. H. Eigenmann, 1918
• Hemigrammus megaceps Fowler, 1945
• Hemigrammus melanochrous Fowler, 1913
• Hemigrammus micropterus Meek, 1907
• Hemigrammus microstomus Durbin, 1918
• Hemigrammus mimus J. E. Böhlke, 1955
• Hemigrammus neptunus Zarske & Géry, 2002
• Hemigrammus newboldi (Fernández-Yépez, 1949)
• Hemigrammus ocellifer (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus ora Zarske, Le Bail & Géry, 2006
• Hemigrammus orthus Durbin, 1909
• Hemigrammus parana Marinho, F. R. de Carvalho, Langeani & Tatsumi, 2008
• Hemigrammus pretoensis Géry, 1965
• Hemigrammus pulcher Ladiges, 1938 (Garnet tetra)
• Hemigrammus rhodostomus C. G. E. Ahl, 1924 (Rummy-nose tetra)
• Hemigrammus rodwayi Durbin, 1909 (Gold tetra)
• Hemigrammus rubrostriatus Zarske, 2015 ^[6]
• Hemigrammus schmardae (Steindachner, 1882)
• Hemigrammus silimoni Britski & F. C. T. Lima, 2008
• Hemigrammus skolioplatus Bertaco & T. P. Carvalho, 2005
• Hemigrammus stictus (Durbin, 1909)
• Hemigrammus taphorni Benine & G. A. M. Lopes, 2007
• Hemigrammus tocantinsi F. R. de Carvalho, Bertaco & Jerep, 2010
• Hemigrammus tridens C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
• Hemigrammus ulreyi (Boulenger, 1895)
• Hemigrammus unilineatus (T. N. Gill, 1858) (Feather-fin tetra)
• Hemigrammus vorderwinkleri Géry, 1963
• Hemigrammus yinyang F. C. T. Lima & L. M. Sousa, 2009

References

1. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2016). Species of Hemigrammus in FishBase. January 2016 version.
2. Lima, F.C.T., Correa, V. & Ota, R.P. (2016): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the western Amazon basin in Peru and Colombia. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology, 22 (3): 123-132.
3. Marinho, M.M.F., Dagosta, F.C.P. & Birindelli, J.L.O. (2014): Hemigrammus ataktos: a new species from the rio Tocantins basin, central Brazil (Characiformes: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 257-264.
4. Mendonça, M.B. & Wosiacki, W.B. (2011): A New Species of Hemigrammus from the Lower Amazon Floodplain (Characiformes: Characidae). Copeia, 2011 (2): 211-215.
5. Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2015): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the central and western Amazon and rio Paraná-Paraguai basins. Zootaxa, 3948 (2): 218–232.
6. Zarske, A. (2015): Hemigrammus rubrostriatus spec. nov. – ein neuer Salmler aus Kolumbien und Revalidierung von Hemigrammus falsus Meinken, 1958 (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Vertebrate Zoology, 65 (1): 3–14.
7. Zarske, A. (2011): Hemigrammus filamentosus spec. nov. – der Südamerikanische Fadensalmler, ein neuer Salmler (Teleostei: Characiformes: Characidae) aus dem Araguaya-Becken in Brasilien. Vertebrate Zoology, 61 (1): 3-12.
8. Ota, R.P., Lima, F.C.T. & Pavanelli, C.S. (2014): A new species of Hemigrammus Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae) from the rio Madeira and rio Paraguai basins, with a redescription of H. lunatus. Neotropical Ichthyology, 12 (2): 265-279.