Characinae
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
| Characinae | |
|---|---|
| File:Lambari-transparente (Charax stenopterus).jpg | |
| Charax stenopterus | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae Latreille, 1825[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Charax[1] | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
| |
.jpg){kind=link}
Characinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, the nominate subfamily of the family Characidae. The fishes in this subfamily are found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Argentina.
Genera
[edit | edit source]Characinae contains the following valid genera:[2]
- Acanthocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1910 Scopoli, 1777
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 Roeboides
- Cynopotamus Günther, 1864
- Atopomesus Valenciennes, 1850
- Galeocharax Acestrocephalus
- Myers, 1927 Fowler 1910
- Microschemobrycon Charax
- C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 Phenacogaster
References
[edit | edit source]Lua error in Module:Taxonbar at line 165: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).