Phalloceros
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Gefleckter Kaudi Männchen.jpg
| image_caption = Dusky millions fish (P. caudimaculatus)
| taxon = Phalloceros
| authority = C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
| type_species = Girardinus caudimaculatus
| type_species_authority = Hensel, 1868{{Cof record|genid=5401|title=Phalloceros|access-date=10 November 2019}}
}}
Phalloceros is a genus of poeciliids native to freshwater habitats in Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern Argentina. The majority are endemic to southern and southeastern Brazil (only exceptions are P. caudimaculatus, P. harpagos and P. leticiae).{{cite journal | author1 = Paulo Henrique Franco Lucinda | author2 = Roberto E. Reis | year = 2005 | title = Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs | journal = Neotropical Ichthyology | volume = 3 | issue = 1| pages = 1–60 | doi = 10.1590/S1679-62252005000100001 | doi-access = free }} P. caudimaculatus has long been part of the aquarium industry and has been introduced to countries far from its native range.
Species
There are currently 22 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Phalloceros| month = August | year = 2012}}
- Phalloceros alessandrae Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros anisophallos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros aspilos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros buckupi Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros caudimaculatus (R. F. Hensel, 1868) (Dusky millions fish)
- Phalloceros elachistos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros enneaktinos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros harpagos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros heptaktinos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros leptokeras Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros leticiae Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros lucenorum Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros malabarbai Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros maldonadoi Souto-Santos, Lucinda, and Buckup, 2013 - Itapoá toothcarp
- Phalloceros megapolos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros mikrommatos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros ocellatus Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros pellos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros reisi Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros spiloura Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros titthos Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros tupinamba Lucinda, 2008
- Phalloceros uai Lucinda, 2008
References
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Category:Fish of South America
Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Category:Ray-finned fish genera
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