Oligosarcus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this genus are found in South America. They reach up to 31 cm (12 in) in length and are predators that mainly feed on smaller fish.[2]
| Oligosarcus | |
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| Oligosarcus jenynsii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Acestrorhamphinae |
| Genus: | Oligosarcus Günther, 1864[1] |
| Type species | |
| Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Species
editOligosarcus contains the following valid species:[3]
- Oligosarcus acutirostris Menezes, 1990
- Oligosarcus amome Almirón, Casciotta, Piálek, Doubnerová & Říčan, 2015
- Oligosarcus argenteus Günther, 1864
- Oligosarcus bolivianus (Fowler, 1940)
- Oligosarcus brevioris Menezes, 1990
- Oligosarcus hepsetus (Cuvier, 1829)
- Oligosarcus itau Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2011
- Oligosarcus jacuiensis Menezes & 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 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, 1990
- Oligosarcus varii Menezes & Ribeiro, 2015
References
edit- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Oligosarcus". FishBase. October 2011 version.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Oligosarcus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
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