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Genus of fishes

Markiana

Markiana nigripinnis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Genus:	Markiana C. H. Eigenmann, 1903
Type species
Tetragonopterus nigripinnis Perugia, 1891

Markiana is a genus of characins from tropical South America.

Species

There are currently 2 recognized species in this genus:

Markiana geayi (Pellegrin, 1909)
Markiana nigripinnis (Perugia, 1891)

References

^ Thomaz, A.T., Arcila, D., Ortí, G. & Malabarba, L.R. (2015): Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits. BMC Evolutionary Biology, (2015) 15: 146.

Taxon identifiers
Markiana	Wikidata: Q6416714 Wikispecies: Markiana ADW: Markiana BOLD: 497700 CoL: 5LGC EoL: 44263 GBIF: 2353597 iNaturalist: 89750 IRMNG: 1301566 ITIS: 639307 NCBI: 930351 Open Tree of Life: 679932 WoRMS: 269797

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