Carnegiella is a genus of freshwater hatchetfishes found in the Amazon and Orinoco basins in South America. This genus contains some popular aquarium fishes.
Carnegiella | |
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Carnegiella strigata | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Gasteropelecidae |
Genus: | Carnegiella C. H. Eigenmann, 1909 |
Species
editThere are currently four recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Carnegiella marthae G. S. Myers, 1927 (Blackwing hatchetfish)
- Carnegiella myersi Fernández-Yépez, 1950 (Pygmy hatchetfish)
- Carnegiella schereri Fernández-Yépez, 1950 (Dwarf hatchetfish)
- Carnegiella strigata (Günther, 1864) (Marbled hatchetfish)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Carnegiella". FishBase. October 2012 version.