Bryconops
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Bryconops is a genus of small tetras that is widespread in northern and central South America.
features
The Bryconops species are 3 to 12 centimeters long. Your body is elongated, the sideline runs down the lower half of your body and can be complete or incomplete. In the upper jaw, the maxillary forms a right angle with the intermaxillary bone (premaxillary). The maxillary can be dentate or dentate. The anal fin is long and supported by 23 to 35 fin rays. A short adipose fin is present. The caudal fin is in most cases marked in color.
Way of life
Bryconops species live in large, loose associations, especially in the open water of small, more or less fast-flowing, clear or black water bodies. They feed mainly on approach food ( insects , spiders and other small animals that fall on the surface of the water) but also on plant material.
species
- Bryconops allisoni Silva-Oliveira et al., 2019
- Bryconops affinis (Günther, 1864)
- Bryconops alburnoides Kner, 1858
- Bryconops caudomaculatus (Günther, 1864)
- Bryconops chernoffi Silva-Oliveira et al., 2018
- Bryconops colanegra Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1999
- Bryconops colaroja Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 1999
- Bryconops collettei Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2005
- Bryconops disruptus Machado-Allison & Chernoff, 1997
- Bryconops durbini (Eigenmann, 1908)
- Bryconops giacopinii (Fernández-Yépez, 1950)
- Bryconops humeralis Machado-Allison, Chernoff & Buckup, 1996
- Bryconops impersonator Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2002
- Bryconops inpai Knöppel, Junk & Géry, 1968
- Bryconops magoi Chernoff & Machado-Allison, 2005
- Bryconops melanurus (Bloch, 1974)
- Bryconops munduruku Silva-Oliveira et al., 2015
- Bryconops piracolina Wingert & Malabarba, 2011
- Bryconops rheorubrum Silva-Oliveira et al., 2019
- Bryconops sapezal Wingert et al., 2018
- Bryconops tocantinensis Wingert & Malabarba, 2011
- Bryconops vibex Machado-Allison, Chernoff & Buckup, 1996
literature
- Günther Sterba : The world's freshwater fish. 2nd Edition. Urania, Leipzig / Jena / Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-332-00109-4 .
- Axel Zarske: Bryconops. In: Claus Schaefer, Torsten Schröer (Hrsg.): The large lexicon of aquaristics. Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2004, ISBN 3-8001-7497-9 , p. 176.
Web links
- Bryconops on Fishbase.org (English)