revalidated from synonymy with Astyanax:
Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911
new combinations from Astyanax for Argentina:
Psalidodon bifasciatus (Garavello & Sampaio, 2010)
Psalidodon chico (Casciotta & Almirón, 2004)
Psalidodon correntinus (Holmberg, 1891)
Psalidodon dissensus (Lucena & Thofehrn, 2013)
Psalidodon eigenmanniorum (Cope, 1894)
Psalidodon endy (Mirande et al., 2006)
Psalidodon erythropterus (Holmberg, 1891)
Psalidodon gymnogenys (Eigenmann, 1911)
Psalidodon hermosus (Miquelarena et al., 2005)
Psalidodon ita (Almirón et al., 2002)
Psalidodon leonidas (Azpelicueta et al., 2002)
Psalidodon ojiara (Azpelicueta & Garcia, 2000)
Psalidodon pampa (Casciotta et al., 2005)
Psalidodon pellegrini (Eigenmann, 1907)
Psalidodon powelli (Terán et al., 2017)
Psalidodon puka (Mirande et al., 2007)
Psalidodon pynandi (Casciotta et al., 2003)
Psalidodon rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
Psalidodon troya (Azpelicueta et al., 2002)
Psalidodon tumbayaensis (Miquelarena & Menni, 2005)
Psalidodon xiru (Lucena et al., 2013)
new combinations from Astyanax for Paraguay:
Psalidodon eigenmanniorum (Cope, 1894)
Psalidodon pellegrini (Eigenmann, 1907)
Psalidodon rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
new combinations from Astyanax for Uruguay:
Psalidodon dissensus (Lucena & Thofehrn, 2013)
Psalidodon eigenmanniorum (Cope, 1894)
Psalidodon rutilus (Jenyns, 1842)
published in:
Terán, G.E., M.F. Benitez & J.M. Mirande (2020):
Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of Astyanax, two new genera and resurrection of Psalidodon (Teleostei: Characidae).
Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 190 (4): 1217-1234
abstract (from publication):
The freshwater fish genus Astyanax is one of the most diverse among the Characidae. The genus is defined by a combination of character states that are widely distributed in Characidae. In addition, the genus has the broadest geographical distribution in the family, being found in a great variety of environments of the Neotropical region. Although phylogenetic relationships were treated only partially, many authors agree that the genus is not monophyletic. In this contribution, we study the phylogenetic relationships of Astyanax in the context of the family Characidae, by combining morphological and molecular data. A total of 520 morphological characters, nine molecular markers and 608 taxa are analysed, of which 98 belong to Astyanax. According to our results, Astyanax is not monophyletic. We recovered species attributed to Astyanax in different subfamilies: Gymnocharacinae (including the type species), Stevardiinae and Tetragonopterinae. Among the species recovered in Gymnocharacinae, most (including the type species, the resurrected Psalidodon, and the new genus Andromakhe gen. nov.) were recovered in Gymnocharacini, while the remaining ones were recovered in Probolodini (transferred to Deuterodon or the new genus Makunaima gen. nov.).