Characinae

Characinae
	Charax stenopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae; Latreille, 1825
Type genus
	Charax; Scopoli, 1777
Synonyms
	Characinus Lacépède, 1803 ; Epicyrtus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844 ; Anacyrtus Günther, 1864 ; Asiphonichthys Cope, 1894 ; Moralesia Fowler, 1943 ; Charaxodon Fernández-Yépez, 1947 ; Moralesicus Fowler, 1958 ;

Characinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, the nominate subfamily of the family Characidae. The fishes in this subfamily are found in Central and South America, from southern Mexico to Argentina.

Genera

Characinae contains the following valid genera:^[2]

Acanthocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Acestrocephalus C. H. Eigenmann, 1910
Atopomesus Myers, 1927
Charax Scopoli, 1777
Cynopotamus Valenciennes, 1850
Galeocharax Fowler 1910
Microschemobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
Phenacogaster C. H. Eigenmann, 1907
Roeboides Günther, 1864

References

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 Characinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

[VDLEF-1] 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.

[Cof_family-2] 1 2 3 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 October 2025.

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