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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


	Kingdom	Animalia – Animal, animaux, animals
	Subkingdom	Bilateria – triploblasts
	Infrakingdom	Deuterostomia
	Phylum	Chordata – cordés, cordado, chordates
	Subphylum	Vertebrata – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates
	Infraphylum	Gnathostomata
	Superclass	Actinopterygii – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées
	Class	Teleostei
	Superorder	Ostariophysi
	Order	Characiformes – piranhas, leporins, piranhas
	Family	Characidae – American characins, characins, tetras, carácidos, characins, charicidés, tétras
	Genus	Astyanax 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
	Page(s):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	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):
	Publisher:
	Publication Place:
	ISBN/ISSN:
	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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