Anostomus

For the bird genus Anastomus, see Openbill stork.

Anostomus is a small genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes in the family Anostomidae, the toothed headstanders. This species in this genus are found in South America. They occur in the Orinoco and Amazon Basin, as well as various rivers in the Guianas. Petulanos was until recently included here.

Anostomus
Anostomus anostomus, (striped headstander)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Anostomidae
Subfamily:	Anostominae
Genus:	Anostomus Scopoli, 1777[1]
Type species
Salmo anostomus Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Species
See text
Synonyms[1]
Anostomus Cuvier, 1816 Mormyrynchus Swainson, 1839 Histiodromus Gistel, 1848 Pithecocharax Fowler, 1906

Species

Anostomus contains the following species:^[2]

• Anostomus anostomus (Linnaeus, 1758) (striped anostomus, striped headstander)
• Anostomus longus Géry, 1961
• Anostomus ternetzi Fernández-Yépez, 1949