Stichonodontinae
| Stichonodontinae | |
|---|---|
| Moenkhausia rubra | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Stichonodontinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1910[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Stichonodon C. H. Eigenmann, 1903[2]
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| Genera | |
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Stichonodontinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America.
Genera
Stichonodontinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Hasemania Ellis, 1911
- Moenkhausia C.H. Eigenmann, 1903
- Nematocharax Weitzman, Menezes & Britski, 1986
- Stichonodon C. H. Eigenmann, 1903
References
- ^ 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 Stichonodontinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 19 October 2025.