Megalamphodinae
| Megalamphodinae | |
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| black phantom tetra (Megalamphodus megalopterus),the type species of the genus Megalamphodus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Megalamphodinae Carvalho, Lima & Melo, 2024[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Megalamphodus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[2]
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Megalamphodinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this subfamily are known as red tetras and are found in South America.
Genera
Megalamphodinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Axelrodia Géry, 1965
- Brittanichthys Géry, 1965
- Makunaima Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020
- Megalamphodus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Paracheirodon Géry, 1960
- Petitella Géry & Boutière, 1964
References
- ^ Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; et al. (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1) zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. hdl:11449/301453. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 8 October 2025.