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Characidae Latreille, 1825

151961  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151961)

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  1. Genus Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854
  2. Genus Carlastyanax Géry, 1972
  3. Genus Lobodeuterodon Fowler, 1945
  4. Genus Phycocharax Ohara, Mirande & Lima, 2017
  5. Subfamily Pristellinae Géry & Boutière, 1964
    1. Genus Hemigrammus Gill, 1858
    2. Genus Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908
    3. Genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903
    4. Genus Magalamphodus accepted as Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915 accepted as Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
    5. Genus Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915 accepted as Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908
    6. Genus Megalomphodus accepted as Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915 accepted as Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  6. Genus Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911
  7. Subfamily Tetragonopterinae Gill, 1858
    1. Genus Tetragonopterus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
  8. Genus Astianax accepted as Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Not documented
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2024). FishBase. Characidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151961 on 2024-04-26
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2005-04-07 10:08:04Z
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2015-04-17 08:48:21Z
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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available [request] 

basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]   
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
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English characins  [details]