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| Rhoadsiinae | |
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| Rhoadsia altipinna | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Rhoadsiinae Fowler, 1911[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Rhoadsia[1] Fowler, 1908[2] | |
| Genera | |
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Rhoadsiinae, the Pacific tetras, is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this subfamily are found in rivers draining into the Pacific Ocean in Central and South America.
The name of this subfamily is derived from that of its type genus, Rhoadsia. This name honours Samuel Nicholson Rhoads,[3] the owner of the Franklin Book Shop at 920 Walnut St., Philadelphia[4] and a naturalist in Philadelphia who collected the holotype of the type species of that genus, R. altipinna.[3]
Genera
[edit]Rhoadsiinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Carlana Strand, 1928
- Nematobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
- Parastremma C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
- Pseudochalceus Kner, 1863
- Rhoadsia Fowler, 1911
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 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Rhoadsiinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- 1 2 Christopher Scharpf (3 October 2025). "Family ACESTRORHAMPHIDAE Eigenmann 1907 (American Tetras)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- ↑ William Bacon Evans (1952–1953). "Samuel Nicholson Rhoads" (PDF). Cassina. 39: 17–20.