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]
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| Pristella maxillaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | incertae sedis |
| Genus: | Pristella C. H. Eigenmann, 1908 |
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Taxonomy
editUntil 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
editThere are currently 3 described species:[1][2]
- Pristella ariporo Conde-Saldaña, Albornoz-Garzón, García-Melo, Villa-Navarro, Mirande & F. C. T. Lima, 2019
- Pristella crinogi F. C. T. Lima, Caires, Conde-Saldaña, Mirande & F. R. Carvalho, 2021[3]
- Pristella maxillaris (Ulrey, 1894)
References
edit- ^ a b c 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. S2CID 202850443.
- ^ 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: 698. doi:10.3389/fgene.2019.00698. ISSN 1664-8021. PMC 6687772. PMID 31428133.
- ^ F.C.T. Lima, Caires, R.A., Conde-Saldaña, C.C., Mirande, J.M. & Carvalho, F.R. (2021): A new miniature Pristella (Actinopterygii: Characiformes: Characidae) with reversed sexual dimorphism from the rio Tocantins and rio São Francisco basins, Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 99: 339-348. doi: 10.1139/cjz-2020-0241