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Astyanax  Baird and Girard, 1854
Taxonomic Serial No.: 162849

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s): Anoptichthys Hubbs and Innes, 1936
  
  Common Name(s): astynaxes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2004   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons ŕ nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderCharaciformes  – piranhas, leporins, piranhas  
                               FamilyCharacidae  – American characins, characins, tetras, carácidos, characins, charicidés, tétras  
                                  GenusAstyanax Baird and Girard, 1854 – astynaxes  
    Direct Children:  
                                     Species Astyanax abramis (Jenyns, 1842)  
                                     Species Astyanax alburnus (Hensel, 1870)  
                                     Species Astyanax altiparanae Garutti and Britski, 2000  
                                     Species Astyanax angustifrons (Regan, 1908)  
                                     Species Astyanax anterior Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax argyrimarginatus Garutti, 1999  
                                     Species Astyanax armandoi Lozano-Vilano and Contreras-Balderas, 1990 – Penjamo tetra, sardinita de Pénjamo 
                                     Species Astyanax asuncionensis Géry, 1972  
                                     Species Astyanax atratoensis Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907  
                                     Species Astyanax bimaculatus (Linnaeus, 1758) – twospot astyanax, twospot astyanax 
                                     Species Astyanax bourgeti Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax brachypterygium Bertaco and Malabarba, 2001  
                                     Species Astyanax brevirhinus Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax caucanus (Steindachner, 1879)  
                                     Species Astyanax chaparae Fowler, 1943  
                                     Species Astyanax cordovae (Günther, 1880)  
                                     Species Astyanax correntinus (Holmberg, 1891)  
                                     Species Astyanax cremnobates Bertaco and Malabarba, 2001  
                                     Species Astyanax daguae Eigenmann, 1913  
                                     Species Astyanax depressirostris Miranda Ribeiro, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax eigenmanniorum (Cope, 1894)  
                                     Species Astyanax erythropterus (Holmberg, 1891)  
                                     Species Astyanax fasciatus (Cuvier, 1819) – banded astyanax, banded astyanax, Mexican tetra 
                                     Species Astyanax fasslii (Steindachner, 1915)  
                                     Species Astyanax festae (Boulenger, 1898)  
                                     Species Astyanax filiferus (Eigenmann, 1913)  
                                     Species Astyanax gisleni Dahl, 1943  
                                     Species Astyanax giton Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax goyacensis Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax gracilior Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax guaporensis Eigenmann, 1911  
                                     Species Astyanax guianensis Eigenmann, 1909  
                                     Species Astyanax gymnogenys Eigenmann, 1911  
                                     Species Astyanax hastatus Myers, 1928  
                                     Species Astyanax integer Myers, 1930  
                                     Species Astyanax intermedius Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax ita Almirón, Azpelicueta and Casciotta, 2002  
                                     Species Astyanax jacuhiensis (Cope, 1894)  
                                     Species Astyanax janeiroensis Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax jenynsii (Steindachner, 1877)  
                                     Species Astyanax jordani (Hubbs and Innes, 1936)  
                                     Species Astyanax kennedyi Géry, 1964  
                                     Species Astyanax kompi Hildebrand, 1938  
                                     Species Astyanax kullanderi Costa, 1995  
                                     Species Astyanax latens Mirande, Aguilera and Azpelicueta, 2004  
                                     Species Astyanax laticeps (Cope, 1894)  
                                     Species Astyanax leonidas Azpelicueta, Casciotta and Almirón, 2002  
                                     Species Astyanax leopoldi Géry, Planquette and Le Bail, 1988  
                                     Species Astyanax lineatus (Perugia, 1891)  
                                     Species Astyanax longior (Cope, 1878)  
                                     Species Astyanax maculisquamis Garutti and Britski, 1997  
                                     Species Astyanax magdalenae Eigenmann and Henn, 1916  
                                     Species Astyanax marionae Eigenmann, 1911  
                                     Species Astyanax maximus (Steindachner, 1877)  
                                     Species Astyanax megaspilura Fowler, 1944  
                                     Species Astyanax mexicanus (De Filippi, 1853) – sardinita mexicana, Mexican tetra 
                                     Species Astyanax microlepis Eigenmann, 1913  
                                     Species Astyanax multidens Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax mutator Eigenmann, 1909  
                                     Species Astyanax myersi (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)  
                                     Species Astyanax nasutus Meek, 1907  
                                     Species Astyanax nicaraguensis Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907  
                                     Species Astyanax obscurus (Hensel, 1870)  
                                     Species Astyanax ojiara Azpelicueta and Garcia, 2000  
                                     Species Astyanax orbignyanus (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1850)  
                                     Species Astyanax orthodus Eigenmann in Eigenmann and Ogle, 1907  
                                     Species Astyanax paraguayensis (Fowler, 1918)  
                                     Species Astyanax parahybae Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax paranahybae Eigenmann, 1911  
                                     Species Astyanax paris Azpelicueta, Almirón and Casciotta, 2002  
                                     Species Astyanax pelegrini Eigenmann in Eigenmann, McAtee and Ward, 1907  
                                     Species Astyanax poetzschkei Ahl, 1932  
                                     Species Astyanax pynandi Casciotta, Almirón, Bechara, Roux, and Ruiz Diaz, 2003  
                                     Species Astyanax ribeirae Eigenmann, 1911  
                                     Species Astyanax robustus Meek, 1912  
                                     Species Astyanax ruberrimus Eigenmann, 1913  
                                     Species Astyanax saguazu Casciotta, Almirón and Azpelicueta, 2003  
                                     Species Astyanax saltor Travassos, 1960  
                                     Species Astyanax scabripinnis (Jenyns, 1842)  
                                     Species Astyanax schubarti Britski, 1964  
                                     Species Astyanax scintillans Myers, 1928  
                                     Species Astyanax stenohalinus Messner, 1962  
                                     Species Astyanax stilbe (Cope, 1870)  
                                     Species Astyanax superbus Myers, 1942  
                                     Species Astyanax symmetricus Eigenmann, 1908  
                                     Species Astyanax taeniatus (Jenyns, 1842)  
                                     Species Astyanax trierythropterus Godoy, 1970  
                                     Species Astyanax troya Azpelicueta, Casciotta and Almirón, 2002  
                                     Species Astyanax turmalinensis Triques, Vono and Caiafa, 2003  
                                     Species Astyanax unitaeniatus Garutti, 1998  
                                     Species Astyanax validus Géry, Planquette and Le Bail, 1991  
                                     Species Astyanax venezuelae Schultz, 1944  
                                     Species Astyanax villwocki Zarske and Géry, 1999  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Wayne C. Starnes  
  Notes: Research Curator of Fishes, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, Research Laboratory, 4301 Reedy Creek Rd., Raleigh, NC, 27607, USA   
  Reference for: Astyanax    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 13-May-2004, website (version 10-May-04)  
  Acquired: 2004   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
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  Notes: As-yet (2003) unpublished manuscript from 1998   
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, A. L. Gardner, and W. C. Starnes  
  Publication Date: 2003   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada   
  Page(s):    
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  Publication Place:    
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  Notes: The second edition of the Vertebrate Checklist is in press as of 2/1998.   
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N.  
  Publication Date: 1990   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Genera of Recent Fishes   
  Page(s): iii + 697   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, CA, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-23-8   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.  
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.  
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Astyanax   
       

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