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| image_caption = 1917 illustration of ”Makunaima guaporensis”, the [[type species]]

| image_caption = 1917 illustration of ”Makunaima guaporensis”, the [[type species]]

| taxon = Makunaima

| taxon = Makunaima

| authority = Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020

| authority = Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020

| type_species = Makunaima guaporensis

| type_species = guaporensis

| type_species_authority = (Eigenmann, 1909)

| type_species_authority = Eigenmann, 1909

| synonyms =

| synonyms =

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””’Makunaima””’ is a [[genus]] of freshwater fish in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Characidae]] of the [[order (biology)|order]] [[Characiformes]].

””’Makunaima””’ is a [[genus]] of freshwater fish the [[family (biology)|family]] [[]] the .

They are all [[Endemism|endemic]] to [[freshwater]] habitats in [[South America]].

==Taxonomy and systematics==

==Taxonomy and systematics==

This genus was erected in 2020. The species were formerly allocated to ”[[Astyanax (fish)|Astyanax]]”<ref name=”Terán et al”>{{cite journal|author1=Guillermo E. Terán|author2=Mauricio F. Benitez|author3=J. Marcos Mirande|title=Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of ”Astyanax”, two new genera and resurrection of ”Psalidodon” (Teleostei: Characidae)|year=2020|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=190|issue=4|pages=1217–1234|doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa019}}</ref> or ”[[Moenkhausia]]”.

genus in 2020. The species were formerly allocated to ”[[Astyanax (fish)|Astyanax]]”<ref name=”Terán et al”>{{cite journal|author1=Guillermo E. Terán|author2=Mauricio F. Benitez|author3=J. Marcos Mirande|title=Opening the Trojan horse: phylogeny of ”Astyanax”, two new genera and resurrection of ”Psalidodon” (Teleostei: Characidae)|year=2020|journal=Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society|volume=190|issue=4|pages=1217–1234|doi=10.1093/zoolinnean/zlaa019}}</ref> or ”[[Moenkhausia]]”.

==Etymology==

==Etymology==

Genus of fishes

Makunaima is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.

Taxonomy and systematics

Makunaima was formally proposed as a genus by the Argentine ichthyologists Guillermo Enrique Terán, Mauricio F. Benítez and Juan Marcos Mirande in 2020. The species within this genus were formerly allocated to Astyanax^[2] or Moenkhausia.^[3] The type species of the genus is Astyanax guaporensis,^[1] which was first formally described in 1909 by Carl H. Eigenmann with its type locality given as the Rio Guaporé at Maciel, Brazil.^[3] This genus is classified within the subfamily Megalamphodinae, the red tetras,^[4]of the American tetra family Acestrorhamphidae within the suborder Characoidei of the order] Characiformes.^[5]A

Etymology

Etymologically, the genus name alludes to “Makunaima” (also transcribed as “Macunaima” or “Makonaima”), the name of a creator god for various ethnic groups in the Amazon.^[2]

Species

There are four recognized species in this genus:^[6]

References