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Genus of fishes

Cnesterodon

Ten spotted live-bearer, female (Cnesterodon decemmaculatus).
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Tribe:	Cnesterodontini
Genus:	Cnesterodon Garman, 1895
Type species
Poecilia decemmaculata Jenyns, 1842
Synonyms
Gulapinnus Langer, 1913

Cnesterodon is a genus of poeciliids native to South America.

Species

There are currently 10 recognized species in this genus:

Cnesterodon brevirostratus R. de S. Rosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 1993
Cnesterodon carnegiei Haseman, 1911
Cnesterodon decemmaculatus (Jenyns, 1842) (Ten spotted live-bearer)
Cnesterodon holopteros Lucinda, Litz & Recuero, 2006
Cnesterodon hypselurus Lucinda & Garavello, 2001
Cnesterodon iguape Lucinda, 2005
Cnesterodon omorgmatos Lucinda & Garavello, 2001
Cnesterodon pirai Aguilera, Mirande & Azpelicueta, 2009
Cnesterodon raddai M. K. Meyer & Etzel, 2001
Cnesterodon septentrionalis R. de S. Rosa & W. J. E. M. Costa, 1993

References

Lucinda, P.H.F., 2003. Poeciliidae (Livebearers). p. 555-581. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brazil.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cnesterodon". FishBase. August 2012 version.

Taxon identifiers
Cnesterodon	Wikidata: Q138568 Wikispecies: Cnesterodon ADW: Cnesterodon BOLD: 204547 CoL: C9FYL GBIF: 2350393 iNaturalist: 71151 IRMNG: 1031495 ITIS: 165956 NCBI: 28749 Open Tree of Life: 82317 Plazi: 6FB6EDE5-60DF-1FE8-A11C-C22F712B8FBB WoRMS: 268804

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