Aphyocharacinae
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Redfin tetra ( Aphyocharax anisitsi ) |
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| Eigenmann , 1909 |
The Aphyocharacinae are a subfamily of the true tetras (Characidae). The subfamily is widespread in northern and central South America.
features
The monophyly of the Aphyocharacinae is justified by nine synapomorphies that affect the morphology of the skull bones. This includes that the palatine is longer than half of the ectopterygoid (not with Aphyocharacidium ) and that the nasal septum of the mesethmoid (a skull bone) is formed as two parallel lamellae. The fish are about three to seven cm long.
Genera and species
Seven genera and about 20 species are currently placed in the subfamily.
Glass Bloodfin Tetra ( Prionobrama filigera )
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Aphyocharacidium Géry, 1960
- Aphyocharacidium bolivianum Géry, 1973
- Aphyocharacidium melandetum (Eigenmann, 1912)
- Aphyocharax Günther, 1868, 11 species
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Leptagoniates Boulenger, 1887
- Leptagoniates pi Vari, 1978
- Leptagoniates steindachneri Boulenger, 1887
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Paragoniates Steindachner, 1876
- Blue glass tetra ( Paragoniates Steindachner, 1876)
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Phenagoniates Eigenmann & Wilson in Eigenmann, Henn & Wilson, 1914
- Phenagoniates macrolepis (Meek & Hildebrand, 1913)
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Prionobrama Fowler, 1913
- Glass Bloodfin Tetra ( Prionobrama filigera (Cope, 1870))
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Xenagoniates Myers, 1942
- Goldstirn glass tetra ( Xenagoniates bondi Myers, 1942)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b J.M. Mirande: Morphology, molecules and the phylogeny of Characidae (Teleostei, Characiformes). Cladistics, June 2018. doi: 10.1111 / cla.12345