Pristella

Pristella is a genus of fish in the family Characidae. It was formerly a monotypic taxon only containing Pristella maxillaris, but in 2019 a second species, Pristella ariporo, was described.[1]

Pristella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: incertae sedis
Genus: Pristella
C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
Species

2, see text

Taxonomy

Until 2019, Pristella was a monotypic genus, but P. ariporo was described in 2019. Additionally, Hyphessobrycon axelrodi may belong in Pristella due to its conical teeth, but further genetic studies are needed to confirm this.[1]

Species

There are currently 2 described species:[1][2]

  • Pristella ariporo Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Villa-Navarro, Mirande & Lima, 2019
  • Pristella maxillaris (Ulrey, 1894)

References

  1. Conde-Saldaña, Cristhian C.; Albornoz-Garzón, Juan G.; García-Melo, Jorge E.; Villa-Navarro, Francisco A.; Mirande, J. Marcos; Lima, Flávio C. T. (2019-08-28). "A New Pristella (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Orinoco Basin, Colombia, with a Redefinition of the Genus". Copeia. 107 (3): 439–446. doi:10.1643/CI-18-147. ISSN 0045-8511.
  2. Bian, Fangfang; Yang, Xuefen; Ou, Zhijie; Luo, Junzhi; Tan, Bozhen; Yuan, Mingrui; Chen, Tiansheng; Yang, Ruibin (2019-08-02). "Morphological Characteristics and Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of Three Different Phenotypes of Pristella maxillaris". Frontiers in Genetics. 10. doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.00698. ISSN 1664-8021.
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