Pseudanos
| Pseudanos | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Anostomidae |
| Subfamily: | Anostominae |
| Genus: | R. Winterbottom, 1980 |
| Type species | |
| Schizodon trimaculatus Kner, 1858
| |
Pseudanos is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstander. The fishes in this genus are from South America, in the Orinoco and Amazon Basins.
Species
Pseudanos contains the following species:[1]
- Pseudanos gracilis (Kner, 1858)
- Pseudanos trimaculatus (Kner, 1858) (Threespot headstander)
- Pseudanos varii Birindelli, F. C. T. Lima & Britski, 2012[2]
- Pseudanos winterbottomi Sidlauskas & dos Santos, 2005
References
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudanos". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
- ^ Birindelli, J.L.O., Lima, F.C.T. & Britski, H.A. (2012): New species of Pseudanos Winterbottom, 1980 (Characiformes: Anostomidae), with notes on the taxonomy of P. gracilis and P. trimaculatus. Zootaxa, 3425: 55–68.