Cheirodontinae
| Cheirodontinae | |
|---|---|
| Cheirodon pisciculus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Cheirodontinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Cheirodon[1] | |
| Genera[2] | |
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Cheirodontinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in the Neotropics as far north as Costa Rica and in South America. They are absent from the Pacific drainages of South America except for four species in the genus Cheirodon that are endemic to southern Chile.[3] Some authorities split this subfamily into two tribes, Cheirodontini and Composurini, based on the males' reproductive characteristics.[4] However, later phylogenetic studies found Cheirodontinae to be monophyletic but that the division onto two tribes was not supported.[3]
Genera
Cheirodontinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Acinocheirodon Malabarba & Weitzman, 1999
- Amblystilbe Fowler, 1940
- Aphyocheirodon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Cheirodon Girard, 1855
- Cheirodontops Schultz, 1944
- Compsura C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Ctenocheirodon Malabarba & Jerep, 2012
- Heterocheirodon Malabarba, 1998
- Holoshesthes C. H. Eigenmann, 1903
- Kolpotocheirodon Malabarba & Weitzman, 2000
- Macropsobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Nanocheirodon Malabarba, 1998
- Odontostilbe Cope, 1870
- Prodontocharax C. H. Eigenmann & Pearson, 1924
- Protocheirodon Vari, Melo & Oliveira, 2016
- Pseudocheirodon Meek & Hildebrand, 1916
- Saccoderma Schultz, 1944
- Serrapinnus Malabarba, 1998
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 c Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Cheirodontinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 23 September 2025.
- ^ a b T.C. Mariguela; G. Ortí; G.S. Avelino; K.T. Abe; C. Oliveira (2013). "Composition and interrelationships of a large Neotropical freshwater fish group, the subfamily Cheirodontinae (Characiformes: Characidae): A case study based on mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 68 (1): 23–34. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2013.03.011.
- ^ Joseph S. Nelson; Terry C. Grande; Mark V.H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5 ed.). Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. p. 206. ISBN 9781119174844.