Table 1 Geographic distribution of the nine valid species of the genus Eigenmannia [1, 6, 7, 9].
Genus | Species | Author | Tipical locality | Geographic distribution | Countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eigenmannia | Eigenmannia humboldttii | Steindachner, 1978 | Madalena river-Colombia | North portion of South America | Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela |
Eigenmannia limbata | Schreiner & Miranda Ribeiro, 1903 | Amazonas river-Brazil | Guianas and the Amazonas river basin | Brazil and Venezuela | |
Eigenmannia macrops | Boulenger,1897 | Guiana | Guianas and the Amazonas river basin | Brazil and Guiana | |
Eigenmannia microstama | Reinhardt, 1852 | Santana lake-Brazil | High basin of the São Francisco river | Brazil | |
Eigenmannia nigra | Mago-Leccia, 1994 | Negro river, Amazonas river, at Venezuela | Negro river basin and Casiquiare river at Venezuela and Colombian Amazon | Brazil, Colombia, Guiana and Venezuela | |
Eigenmannia trilineata | Lopes & Castello, 1996 | de La Plata river-Argentina, close to Buenos Aires | Paraná-Paraguay rivers basin | Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay | |
Eigenmannia vicentespelaea | Triques, 1996 | Tocantins river-Brazil | São Vicente river, Tocantins river basin, São Domingos, Goias state, Brazil | Brazil | |
Eigenmannia virescens | Valenciennes, 1842 | South America | From the west Andes at Orenoco basin until the de La Plata river | Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guiana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela | |
Eigenmannia sp. D | Albert, 2001 | Salí river, Tucumán, Argentina | Salí and Hondo rivers | Argentina |