Salminus

Salminus
Temporal range: Late Miocene–present
Salminus franciscanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Bryconidae
Subfamily: Salmininae
Cockerell, 1915[2]
Genus: Salminus
Agassiz, 1829[1]
Type species
Hydrocyon brevidens
Cuvier, 1819[1]
Species

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"Salmininae" redirects here; not to be confused with Salmoninae.

Salminus, popularly known as dorado or dourado, is a genus of relatively large (up to 1.3–1.4 m or 4.3–4.6 ft long[3][4]), predatory freshwater fish from the family Bryconidae, of which they are the only members of the subfamily Salmininae.[5] They are native to large tropical and subtropical rivers in South America, and undertake migrations during the rainy season to spawn.[6] They are very popular among recreational anglers and also support important commercial fisheries.[6]

Species

Significant taxonomic confusion has surrounded this genus, and until a review in 1990, several additional species were recognised (most of these are junior synonyms of S. brasiliensis).[7] Although known for more than 150 years, S. franciscanus was only scientifically described in 2007.[6] The following valid species are recognised:[8]

† = extinct

References

  1. ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Salmininae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. ^ Fishing World-records: Salminus brasiliensis. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
  4. ^ Fishing World-records: Salminus franciscanus. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  5. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bryconidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b c Lima, F. C. T.; H. A. Britski (2007). "Salminus franciscanus, a new species from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotrop. Ichthyol. 5 (3): 237–244. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252007000300001.
  7. ^ Géry, J.; L. Lauzanne (1990). "Les types des espèces du genre Salminus Agassiz, 1829 (Ostariophysi, Characidae) du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris". Cybium. 14 (2): 113–124.
  8. ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Salminus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. ^ Alberto Luis Cione and María de las Mercedes Azpelicueta (2013). "The First Fossil Species of Salminus, a conspicuous South American freshwater predatory fish (Teleostei, Characiformes), found in the Miocene of Argentina" (PDF). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (5): 1051–1060. Bibcode:2013JVPal..33.1051C. doi:10.1080/02724634.2013.769000.


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