Andromakhe

Quality 0.50 · 0 views · Updated 2 months ago

Genus of fishes

title: "Andromakhe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["characiformes-genera", "acestrorhamphinae"] description: "Genus of fishes" topic_path: "general/characiformes-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromakhe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Genus of fishes ::

| image = Astyanax saguazu.jpg | image_caption = Andromakhe saguazu | taxon = Andromakhe | authority = Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020 | type_species = Astyanax latens | type_species_authority = Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2004 | synonyms =

Andromakhe is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. These fishes are endemic to freshwater habitats in Argentina and Uruguay, where they are locally called Mojarra.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Andromakhe_paris_specimens.jpg" caption="Preserved specimens of ''Andromakhe paris''"] ::

Taxonomy and systematics

Andromahke was first proposed as a genus in 2004 by Guillermo Enrique Terán, Mauricio F. Benítez and Juan Marcos Mirande with Astyanax latens designated as its type species. The species classified within this genus were previously classified in the genus Astyanax. This genus is classified in the subfamily Acestrorhamphinae in the American characin family Acestrorhamphidae. This family belongs to the suborder Characoidei of the order Characiformes.

Species

There are four recognized species in this genus: |Andromakhe latens |(Mirande, Aguilera & Azpelicueta, 2004) |Andromakhe paris |(Azpelicueta, Almirón & Casciotta, 2002) |Andromakhe stenohalina |(Messner, 1962) |Andromakhe tupi |(Azpelicueta, Mirande, Almirón & Casciotta, 2003)

References

References

  1. {{Cof family
  2. (2020). "''Andromakhe'' gen.nov. – 5 comb.nov. from ''Astyanax''".
  3. R. Fricke. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION".
  4. {{Cof genus

::callout[type=info title="Wikipedia Source"] This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page. ::

characiformes-generaacestrorhamphinae