Knodus
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Knodus is a genus of characins from South America
. There are currently 23 species in this genus.
South America
South America is a continent situated in the Western Hemisphere, mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. The continent is also considered a subcontinent of the Americas. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and east...
. There are currently 23 species in this genus.
Species
- Knodus borkiKnodus borkiKnodus borki is a species of characin endemic to Peru where it is found in the vicinity of Iquitos....
Zarske, 2008 - Knodus breviceps (C. H. EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
, 1908) - Knodus caquetae FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1945 - Knodus chapadae (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1906) - Knodus delta Géry, 1972
- Knodus dorsomaculatus K. M. Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2010
- Knodus gamma Géry, 1972
- Knodus geryi F. C. T. Lima, Britski & Machado, 2004
- Knodus heteresthes (C. H. EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
, 1908) - Knodus hypopterus (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1943) - Knodus longus Zarske & Géry, 2006
- Knodus megalops MyersGeorge S. MyersDr. George Sprague Myers spent most of his career at Stanford University, where he was one of the leading American ichthyologists of the twentieth century. He served as the editor of Stanford Ichthyological Bulletin as well as president of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists...
, 1929 - Knodus meridae C. H. EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
, 1911 - Knodus mizquae (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1943) - Knodus moenkhausii (C. H. EigenmannCarl H. EigenmannCarl H. Eigenmann was an ichthyologist who, along with his wife Rosa Smith Eigenmann, described many of the fishes of North America and South America for the first time....
& C. H. Kennedy, 1903) - Knodus orteguasae (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1943) - Knodus pasco Zarske, 2007
- Knodus savannensis Géry, 1961
- Knodus septentrionalis Géry, 1972
- Knodus shinahota K. M. Ferreira & Carvajal, 2007
- Knodus smithi (FowlerHenry Weed FowlerHenry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...
, 1913) - Knodus tiquiensis K. M. Ferreira & F. C. T. Lima, 2006
- Knodus victoriae (SteindachnerFranz SteindachnerFranz Steindachner was an Austrian zoologist.- Work and career :Being interested in natural history, Steindachner took up the study of fossil fishes on the recommendation of his friend Eduard Suess...
, 1907)