Research Article
Ecological Factors and Diversification among Neotropical Characiforms
Table 1
Number of individuals of each species analyzed for morphometric measurements and DNA sequences.
| Family | Species | Morphometric measurements | DNA |
| Acestrorhynchidae | Acestrorhynchus abbreviatus | 23 | 2 | Acestrorhynchus falcirostris | 7 | | Acestrorhynchus lacustris | 15 | | Acestrorhynchus microlepis | 11 | 2 |
| Anostomidae | Leporinus agassizii | 6 | | Leporinus fasciatus | 14 | | Leporinus muyscorum | 21 | 2 | Leporinus friderici | 14 | | Leporinus wolfei | 7 | | Rhytiodus argenteofuscus | 12 | | Rhytiodus microlepis | 16 | 2 | Schizodon fasciatus | 12 | 4 |
| Chalceidae | Chalceus erythrurus | 17 | 4 |
| Characidae | Astyanax abramis | 18 | 2 | Astyanax fasciatus | 20 | 2 | Astyanax magdalenae | 10 | 2 | Astyanax microlepis | 14 | 2 | Brycon amazonicus | 13 | 2 | Brycon cephalus | 14 | 2 | Brycon henni | 20 | 2 | Brycon melanopterus | 12 | | Bryconops inpai | 14 | | Bryconops melanurus | 9 | 2 | Charax michaeli | 19 | 3 | Charax tectifer | 12 | 2 | Ctenobrycon hauxwellianus | 16 | 2 | Cynopotamus magdalenae | 13 | 2 | Hemibrycon boquiae | 14 | 2 | Hemibrycon dentatus | 14 | 2 | Moenkhausia comma | 15 | 2 | Moenkhausia lepidura | 16 | 2 | Moenkhausia melogramma | 16 | 2 | Roeboides dayi | 21 | | Roeboides myersii | 12 | 2 | Roeboides occidentalis | 7 | | Stethaprion erythrops | 14 | 2 | Tetragonopterus argenteus | 11 | 3 | Triportheus albus | 12 | 2 | Triportheus angulatus | 15 | 4 | Triportheus elongatus | 5 | | Triportheus magdalenae | 28 | 2 |
| Ctenoluciidae | Boulengerella maculata | 11 | 4 | Ctenolucius hujeta | 12 | 2 |
| Curimatidae | Curimatopsis macrolepis | 24 | 2 | Cyphocharax magdalenae | 24 | 2 | Cyphocharax spiluropsis | 10 | | Potamorhina altamazonica | 17 | 4 | Potamorhina latior | 14 | 2 | Psectrogaster amazonica | 12 | 2 | Psectrogaster rhomboides | 16 | 2 | Psectrogaster rutiloides | 14 | 2 | Steindachnerina guentheri | 17 | 2 | Steindachnerina hypostoma | 11 | 2 |
| Cynodontidae | Hydrolycus scomberoides | 8 | 2 | Rhaphiodon vulpinus | 11 | 4 |
| Gasteropelecidae | Carnegiella schereri | 10 | | Carnegiella strigata | 15 | 2 | Thoracocharax securis | 9 | | Thoracocharax stellatus | 16 | 2 |
| Prochilodontidae | Prochilodus magdalenae | 29 | 2 | Prochilodus nigricans | 15 | 2 | Semaprochilodus insignis | 17 | 2 |
| Serrasalmidae | Colossoma macropomum | 10 | 2 | Mylossoma aureum | 10 | 4 | Mylossoma duriventre | 18 | 2 | Pygocentrus nattereri | 17 | 2 | Serrasalmus elongatus | 11 | 2 | Serrasalmus rhombeus | 10 | 2 |
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