Acestrorhamphinae
| Acestrorhamphinae | |
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| Oligosarcus hepsetus, which, as Hydrocyon hepsetus, is the type species of the genus Acestrorhamphus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Acestrorhamphinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Acestrorhamphus[1] C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903[2]
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| Genera | |
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Acestrorhamphinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America, Central America and southern North America.
Genera
Acestrorhamphinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Andromakhe Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020
- Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854
- Ctenobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Oligosarcus Günther, 1864
- Psalidodon C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2025.