Characidiinae
| Characidiinae | |
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| Characidium fasciatum | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Crenuchidae |
| Subfamily: | Characidiinae Fowler, 1932[1] |
Characidiinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-fnned fishes, one of two subfamilies belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. The fishes in this subfamily are found in the Neotropics.
Genera
[edit]Characidiinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Ammocryptocharax Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976
- Characidium Reinhardt, 1867
- Elachocharax Myers, 1927
- Klausewitzia Géry, 1965
- Leptocharacidium Buckup, 1993
- Melanocharacidium Buckup, 1993
- Microcharacidium Buckup, 1993
- Odontocharacidium Buckup, 1993
- Skiotocharax Presswell, Weitzman & Bergquist, 2000
References
[edit]- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characidiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 June 2025.