- Source: Characidium
Characidium is a genus of fish in the family Crenuchidae (South American darters). They are mainly found in South America, but C. marshi is from Panama. They are small (less than 10 cm or 4 in long), slender fish that live on the bottom in flowing fresh waters and feed on small animals such as insects.
Species
There are currently 81 recognized species in this genus:
Characidium alipioi Travassos, 1955
Characidium amaila Lujan, Agudelo-Zamora, Taphorn, Booth & López-Fernández, 2013
Characidium bahiense V. G. Almeida, 1971
Characidium barbosai Flausino Junior, Lima, Machado & Melo, 2020
Characidium bimaculatum Fowler, 1941
Characidium boavistae Steindachner, 1915
Characidium boehlkei Géry, 1972
Characidium bolivianum N. E. Pearson, 1924
Characidium borellii Boulenger, 1895
Characidium brevirostre Pellegrin, 1909
Characidium cacah Zanata, Ribeiro, Araújo-Porto, Pessali & Oliveira-Silva, 2020
Characidium caucanum C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Characidium chancoense Agudelo-Zamora, Ortega-Lara & Taphorn, 2020
Characidium chicoi da Graça, Ota & Domingues, 2019
Characidium chupa L. P. Schultz, 1944
Characidium clistenesi M. R. S. de Melo & Espíndola, 2016
Characidium crandellii Steindachner, 1915
Characidium cricarense Malanski, Sarmento-Soares, Silva-Malanski, Lopes, Ingenito & Buckup, 2019
Characidium declivirostre Steindachner, 1915
Characidium deludens Zanata & Camelier, 2015
Characidium dule Agudelo-Zamora, Tavera, Murillo & Ortega-Lara, 2020
Characidium duplicatum Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021
Characidium etheostoma Cope, 1872
Characidium etzeli Zarske & Géry, 2001
Characidium fasciatum J. T. Reinhardt, 1867
Characidium fleurdelis Angela Maria Zanata, Leonardo Oliveira-Silva and Willian M. Ohara. 2023
Characidium gomesi Travassos, 1956
Characidium grajahuense Travassos, 1944
Characidium hasemani Steindachner, 1915
Characidium heinianum Zarske & Géry, 2001
Characidium heirmostigmata da Graça & Pavanelli, 2008
Characidium helmeri Zanata, Sarmento-Soares & Martins-Pinheiro, 2015
Characidium iaquira Zanata, Ohara, Oyakawa & Dagosta, 2020
Characidium interruptum Pellegrin, 1909
Characidium japuhybense Travassos, 1949
Characidium kalunga Melo, Bouquerel, Masumoto, França & Netto-Ferreira, 2021
Characidium kamakan Zanata & Camelier, 2015
Characidium lagosantense Travassos, 1947
Characidium lanei Travassos, 1967
Characidium laterale (Boulenger, 1895)
Characidium lauroi Travassos, 1949
Characidium litorale Leitão & Buckup, 2014
Characidium longum Taphorn, Montaña & Buckup, 2006
Characidium macrolepidotum (W. K. H. Peters, 1868)
Characidium marshi Breder, 1925
Characidium mirim Netto-Ferreira, Birindelli & Buckup, 2013
Characidium nambiquara Zanata & Ohara, 2020
Characidium nana Mendonça & Netto-Ferreira, 2015
Characidium nupelia da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
Characidium occidentale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
Characidium oiticicai Travassos, 1967
Characidium onca M. R. S. de Melo, Mauro César Lambert de Brito Ribeiro & F. C. T. Lima, 2021
Characidium orientale Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
Characidium papachibe L. A. W. Peixoto & Wosiacki, 2013
Characidium pellucidum C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Characidium phoxocephalum C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Characidium pteroides C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Characidium pterostictum A. L. Gomes, 1947
Characidium pumarinri Teixeira & Melo, 2020
Characidium purpuratum Steindachner, 1882
Characidium rachovii Regan, 1913
Characidium roesseli Géry, 1965
Characidium samurai Zanata & Camelier, 2014
Characidium sanctjohanni Dahl, 1960
Characidium satoi M. R. S. de Melo & Oyakawa, 2015
Characidium schindleri Zarske & Géry, 2001
Characidium schubarti Travassos, 1955
Characidium serrano Buckup & R. E. dos Reis, 1997
Characidium steindachneri Cope, 1878
Characidium stigmosum M. R. S. de Melo & Buckup, 2002
Characidium summum Zanata & Ohara, 2015
Characidium tapuia Zanata, Ramos & Oliveira-Silva, 2018
Characidium tatama Agudelo-Zamora, Tavera, Murillo & Ortega-Lara, 2020
Characidium tenue (Cope, 1894)
Characidium timbuiense Travassos, 1946
Characidium travassosi M. R. S. de Melo, Buckup & Oyakawa, 2016
Characidium vestigipinne Buckup & L. Hahn, 2000
Characidium vidali Travassos, 1967
Characidium wangyapoik Armbruster, Lujan & Bloom, 2021
Characidium xanthopterum Silveira, Langeani, da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
Characidium xavante da Graça, Pavanelli & Buckup, 2008
Characidium zebra C. H. Eigenmann, 1909