Megalamphodus
| Megalamphodus | |
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| Red phantom tetra (M. sweglesi) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Megalamphodinae |
| Genus: | C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 |
| Type species | |
| Megalamphodus megalopterus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
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Megalamphodus is a genus of characin native to the Neotropics. Many prominent ornamental tetras belong to this genus.[1]
Although recognized as a distinct genus early on, it was later synonymized with Hyphessobrycon. More recent studies have resurrected this genus, and have found that it belongs to a different subfamily of the Acestrorhamphidae than Hyphessobrycon.[2]
Taxonomy
The following species are placed in this genus:[1]
- Megalamphodus bentosi (Durbin, 1908) (ornate tetra)
- Megalamphodus copelandi (Durbin, 1908)
- Megalamphodus epicharis (S. H. Weitzman & L. F. Palmer, 1997)
- Megalamphodus eques (Steindachner, 1882) (jewel tetra)
- Megalamphodus erythrostigma (Fowler, 1943) (bleeding-heart tetra)
- Megalamphodus haraldschultzi (Travassos, 1960)
- Megalamphodus khardinae (Zarske, 2008)
- Megalamphodus megalopterus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 (black-phantom tetra)
- Megalamphodus micropterus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Megalamphodus rosaceus (Durbin, 1909) (rosy tetra)
- Megalamphodus socolofi (S. H. Weitzman, 1977) (spot-fin tetra)
- Megalamphodus sweglesi Géry, 1961 (red-phantom tetra)
References
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Megalamphodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
- ^ Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; Carvalho, Fernando R; Lima, Flavio C T; Mattox, George M T; Souza, Camila S; Faria, Tiago C; Reia, Lais; Roxo, Fabio F; Valdez-Moreno, Martha; Near, Thomas J; Oliveira, Claudio (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1): zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. ISSN 0024-4082.