Acestrorhamphidae
| Acestrorhamphidae | |
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| Various acestrorhamphid species from the Paraná River basin | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Superfamily: | Characoidea |
| Family: | Eigenmann, 1907 |
| Subfamilies | |
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Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras, are a diverse family of freshwater fish in the order Characiformes. They are native to North and South America, from the southwestern United States south to temperate Argentina, with a few species introduced to other parts of the world. It includes many genera previously placed in the family Characidae, which was split into multiple families in 2024. It contains many of the most famous ornamental aquarium fish that are popularly known as tetras.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy
The following taxonomy is based on Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes:[2][3]
Family Acestrorhamphidae
- Subfamily Oxybryconinae Melo, Mattox & Oliveira, 2024
- Oxybrycon Géry, 1964
- Subfamily Trochilocharacinae Melo, Mattox & Oliveira, 2024 (hummingbird characins)
- Trochilocharax Zarske, 2010
- Subfamily Stygichthyinae Géry, 1972
- Coptobrycon Géry, 1966
- Deuterodon Eigenmann, 1907
- Myxiops Zanata & Akama, 2004
- Stygichthys Brittan & Böhlke, 1965
- Subfamily Megalamphodinae Carvalho, Lima & Melo, 2024 (red tetras)
- Axelrodia Géry, 1965
- Brittanichthys Géry, 1965
- Makunaima Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020
- Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915
- Paracheirodon Géry, 1960
- Petitella Géry & Boutière, 1964
- Subfamily Stichonodontinae Eigenmann, 1910
- Hasemania Ellis, 1911
- Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903
- Nematocharax Weitzman, Menezes & Britski, 1986
- Stichonodon Eigenmann, 1903
- Subfamily Stethaprioninae Eigenmann, 1907 (discus tetras)
- Brachychalcinus Boulenger, 1892
- Ectrepopterus Fowler, 1943
- Orthospinus Reis, 1989
- Poptella Eigenmann, 1908
- Stethaprion Cope, 1870
- Subfamily Pristellinae Géry & Boutière, 1964
- Hemigrammus Gill, 1858
- Gymnocorymbus Eigenmann, 1908
- Pristella Eigenmann, 1908
- Subfamily Jupiabinae Benine & Ota, 2024
- Jupiaba Zanata, 1997
- Subfamily Tyttobryconinae Mattox & Melo, 2024
- Priocharax Weitzman & Vari, 1987
- Tucanoichthys Géry & Römer, 1997
- Tyttobrycon Géry, 1973
- Subfamily Hyphessobryconinae Lima, Carvalho & Faria, 2024 (multicusp characins)
- Dinotopterygium Frainer, Carvalho, Bertaco & Malabarba, 2021
- Erythrocharax Netto-Ferreira, Birindelli, Sousa, Mariguela & Oliveira, 2013[4]
- Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908
- Parecbasis Eigenmann, 1914
- Phycocharax Ohara, Mirande & Lima, 2017 [5]
- Subfamily Thayeriinae Ota, Reia & Benine, 2024
- Bario Myers, 1940
- Bryconella Géry, 1965
- Hollandichthys Eigenmann, 1909
- Holopristis Eigenmann, 1903
- Inpaichthys Géry & Junk, 1977
- Parapristella Géry, 1964
- Rachoviscus Myers, 1926
- Ramirezella Fernández-Yépez, 1949
- Thayeria Eigenmann, 1908
- Subfamily Rhoadsiinae Fowler, 1911 (Pacific characins)
- Carlana Strand, 1928
- Nematobrycon Eigenmann, 1911
- Parastremma Eigenmann, 1912
- Pseudochalceus Kner, 1863
- Rhoadsia Fowler, 1911
- Subfamily Grundulinae Fowler, 1958
- Astyanacinus Eigenmann, 1907
- Grundulus Valenciennes, 1846
- Subfamily Acestrorhamphinae Eigenmann, 1907
- Andromakhe Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020
- Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854
- Ctenobrycon Eigenmann, 1908
- Oligosarcus Günther, 1864
- Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911
References
- ^ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
- ^ a b Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; Carvalho, Fernando R; Lima, Flavio C T; Mattox, George M T; Souza, Camila S; Faria, Tiago C; Reia, Lais; Roxo, Fabio F; Valdez-Moreno, Martha; Near, Thomas J; Oliveira, Claudio (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. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 6 May 2025.
- ^ Netto-Ferreira, A.L., Birindelli, J.L.O., de Sousa, L.M., Mariguela, T.C. & Oliveira, C. (2013): A New Miniature Characid (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae), with Phylogenetic Position Inferred from Morphological and Molecular Data. PLoS ONE, 8 (1): e52098. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0052098
- ^ Ohara, W.M., Mirande, J.M. & Lima, F.C.T.d. (2017): Phycocharax rasbora, a new genus and species of Brazilian tetra (Characiformes: Characidae) from Serra do Cachimbo, rio Tapajós basin. PLoS ONE, 12 (2): e0170648.