Oligosarcus

Oligosarcus jenynsii

Oligosarcus robustus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Characidae
Genus: Oligosarcus
Species: O. acutirostris – O. amome – O. argenteus – O. bolivianus – O. brevioris – O. hepsetus – O. jenynsii – O. longirostris – O. macrolepis – O. menezesi – O. oligolepis – O. paranensis – O. perdido – O. pintoi – O. planaltinae – O. robustus – O. schindleri – O. solitarius – O. varii

Name

Oligosarcus Günther, 1864

• Type species: Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864

Etymology: oligos, scanty or few; arcus, bowed, allusion not explained nor evident, perhaps referring to “compressed, oblong” shape of O. argenteus. The ETYFish Project

Synonyms

• Acestrorhamphus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903
• Paroligosarcus Amaral Campos & Trewavas, 1949

References

• Almirón, A., Casciotta, J., Piálek, L., Doubnerová, K., Říčan, O. 2015. Oligosarcus amome (Ostariophysi: Characidae), a new species from the río Uruguay basin, Misiones, Argentina. Zootaxa 3915(4): 581–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3915.4.8.Reference page. 
• Mirande, J.M.; Aguilera, G.; De Las Mercedes Azpelicueta, M. 2011: A threatened new species of Oligosarcus and its phylogenetic relationships, with comments on Astyanacinus (Teleostei: Characidae). Zootaxa, 2994: 1–20. Preview
• Günther, A. 1864. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum 5: i–xxii + 1–455. BHLReference page. 
• Ribeiro, A.C. & Menezes, N.A. 2015: Phylogenetic relationships of the species and biogeography of the characid genus Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 (Ostariophysi, Characiformes, Characidae). Zootaxa 3949(1): 41–81. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3949.1.2. Preview (PDF) Reference page.