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WoRMS taxon details

Characidae Latreille, 1825

AphiaID

151961 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:151961)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Characiformes

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Genus Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854
Genus Carlastyanax Géry, 1972
Genus Lobodeuterodon Fowler, 1945
Genus Phycocharax Ohara, Mirande & Lima, 2017
Subfamily Pristellinae Géry & Boutière, 1964
1. Genus Hemigrammus Gill, 1858
2. Genus Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908
3. Genus Moenkhausia Eigenmann, 1903
4. Genus Magalamphodus accepted as Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915 accepted as Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
5. Genus Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915 accepted as Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908
6. Genus Megalomphodus accepted as Megalamphodus Eigenmann, 1915 accepted as Hyphessobrycon Durbin, 1908 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
Genus Psalidodon Eigenmann, 1911
Subfamily Tetragonopterinae Gill, 1858
1. Genus Tetragonopterus Bleeker, 1863 accepted as Chaetodon Linnaeus, 1758 (synonym)
Genus Astianax accepted as Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, fresh, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Characidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=151961 on 2025-01-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-07 10:08:04Z

created

Claus, Simon

2015-04-17 08:48:21Z

changed

Bailly, Nicolas

Licensing

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taxonomy source Van Der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (2014). Family-group names of Recent fishes. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3882(1): 1-230., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 [details] Available for editors

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basis of record Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2024). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2024., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]