| Oligosarcus | |
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| Oligosarcus jenynsii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Oligosarcus Günther, 1864 |
Oligosarcus is a genus of characins from freshwater habitats in northern Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, eastern Bolivia, and southern and central Brazil (South, Southeast and Central-West regions). They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:
- Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1987
- Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015
- Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864
- Oligosarcus bolivianus (Fowler, 1940)
- Oligosarcus brevioris Menezes, 1987
- Oligosarcus hepsetus (G. Cuvier, 1829)
- Oligosarcus itau Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2011
- Oligosarcus jacuiensis Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2010
- Oligosarcus jenynsii (Günther, 1864)
- Oligosarcus longirostris Menezes & Géry, 1983
- Oligosarcus macrolepis (Steindachner, 1877)
- Oligosarcus menezesi Miquelarena & Protogino, 1996
- Oligosarcus oligolepis (Steindachner, 1867)
- Oligosarcus paranensis Menezes & Géry, 1983
- Oligosarcus perdido A. C. Ribeiro, Cavallaro & Froehlich, 2007
- Oligosarcus pintoi Amaral Campos, 1945
- Oligosarcus planaltinae Menezes & Géry, 1983
- Oligosarcus platensis (Messner, 1962)
- Oligosarcus robustus Menezes, 1969
- Oligosarcus schindleri Menezes & Géry, 1983
- Oligosarcus solitarius Menezes, 1987
- Oligosarcus varii Menezes & A. C. Ribeiro, 2015
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oligosarcus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- 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.
- ^ Menezes, N.A. & Ribeiro, A.C. (2015): A new species of the lowland Oligosarcus Günther species group (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characidae). Neotropical Ichthyology, 13 (3): 541-546.
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