Eretmobrycon
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic Taxobox
| image = Eretmobrycon scleroparius.png
| image_caption = Eretmobrycon scleroparius
| taxon = Eretmobrycon
| authority = W. L. Fink, 1976
}}
Eretmobrycon is a genus of characins found in Central and South America.{{cite journal|author=Thomaz, A.T.|author2= Arcila, D.|author3= Ortí, G. |author4= Malabarba, L.R. |year=2015|title= Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits|journal=BMC Evolutionary Biology|volume=2015|issue= 15|page= 146|doi= 10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4|doi-access= free|pmid= 26195030|pmc= 4509481|bibcode= 2015BMCEE..15..146T}}
Etymology
eretmón (Gr. ἐρετμόν) means oar or paddle, referring to the paddle-like lower caudal-fin lobe of E. bayano; brycon is a generalized term used in generic names of many characiform fishes, derived from brýchō (Gr. βρύχω), to bite, gnash teeth or eat greedily, originally an allusion to a fully toothed maxillae.{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/stevardiidae/ | title = Family STEVARDIIDAE Gill 1858 (Stevardiids) | access-date= 5 December 2024 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:
- Eretmobrycon bayano W. L. Fink, 1976
- Eretmobrycon brevirostris (Günther, 1860)
- Eretmobrycon ecuadorensis (Román-Valencia, Ruiz-C., Taphorn, Jiménez-Prado & García-Alzate, 2015) {{cite journal|author=Román–Valencia, C.|author2= Ruiz–C. R.I.|author3= Taphorn B., D.C.|author4= Jiménez–Prado, P. |author5= García–Alzate, C.A. |year=2015|title= A new species of Bryconamericus (Characiformes, Stevardiinae, Characidae) from the Pacific coast of northwestern Ecuador, South America|journal=Animal Biodiversity and Conservation |volume= 38 |issue=2|pages= 241–252|doi= 10.32800/abc.2015.38.0241}}
- Eretmobrycon emperador (C. H. Eigenmann & Ogle, 1907)
- Eretmobrycon festae (Boulenger, 1898)
- Eretmobrycon gonzalezi (Román-Valencia, 2002)
- Eretmobrycon guaytarae (C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)
- Eretmobrycon ichoensis (Román-Valencia, 2000)
- Eretmobrycon miraensis (Fowler, 1945)
- Eretmobrycon peruanus (J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845)
- Eretmobrycon scleroparius (Regan, 1908)
- Eretmobrycon simus (Boulenger, 1898)
- Eretmobrycon terrabensis (Meek, 1914)
;Synonyms
- Eretmobrycon dahli (Román-Valencia, 2000); synonym of Eretmobrycon guaytarae (Eigenmann & Henn, 1914)