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| Diapominae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Diapominae C. H. Eigenmann, 1909[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Diapoma[1] | |
Diapominae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The subfamily comprises genera which were previously classified in the family Characidae, but this was split into multiple families in 2024. They are found in South and Central America.[2][3][4]
Genera
[edit]Diapominae contains the following genera:[2]
- Attonitus Vari & Ortega, 2000
- Aulixidens Böhlke, 1952
- Boehlkea Géry, 1966
- Bryconacidnus Myers, 1929
- Bryconamericus C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
- Ceratobranchia Eigenmann, 1914
- Diapoma Cope, 1894
- Knodus Eigenmann, 1911
- Monotocheirodon Eigenmann & Pearson, 1924
- Othonocheirodus Myers, 1927
- Phallobrycon Menezes, Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2009
- Piabarchus Myers, 1928
- Piabina Reinhardt, 1867
- Rhinobrycon Myers, 1944
- Rhinopetitia Géry, 1964
References
[edit]- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapomonae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 September 2025.
- ↑ 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. hdl:11449/301453. ISSN 0024-4082.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2025.