Stevardiinae
| Stevardiinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Stevardiidae |
| Subfamily: | Stevardiinae Gill, 1958[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Stevardia[1] Gill, 1858[2] | |
Stevardiinae 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.[3][4][2]
Genera
[edit]Stevardiinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Chrysobrycon Weitzman & Menezes, 1998
- Corynopoma Gill, 1858
- Gephyrocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Hysteronotus C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
- Pseudocorynopoma Perugia, 1891
- Pterobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
- Varicharax Vanegas-Ríos, Faustino-Fuster, Meza-Vargas & Ortega, 2020
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 Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 7 September 2025.
- ↑ 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.
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