Aphyocharacinae

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Aphyocharacinae
File:Aphyocharax anisitsi.jpg
Bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Characidae
Subfamily: Aphyocharacinae
C. H. Eigenmann, 1909[1]
Type genus
Aphyocharax[1]
Genera[2]

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Aphyocharacinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this subfamily are referred to as glass characins.[3] The fishes included in this subfamily are found in South America, mainly in the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, with some species extending to the west of the Andes, and others as far south as the Paraguay River. The taxa within this subfamily have an apomorphy of having two dorsal fin rays attached to the first dorsal pterygiophore.[1]

Genera

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Aphyocharacinae contains the following genera:[2]

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