Acestrorhynchidae

Acestrorhynchus minimus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Characiformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Ostariophysi Ordo: Characiformes

Familia: Acestrorhynchidae
Subfamiliae (3): Acestrorhynchinae - Heterocharacinae - Roestinae
Overview of genera (7): Acestrorhynchus – Gilbertolus – Gnathocharax – Heterocharax – Hoplocharax – Lonchogenys – Roestes

Name

Acestrorhynchidae Eigenmann, 1912: 406

• Type genus: Acestrorhynchus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1903

References

• Eigenmann, C.H. The freshwater fishes of British Guiana, including a study of the ecological grouping of species, and the relation of the fauna of the plateau to that of the lowlands. Memoirs of the Carnegie Museum 5 (1): i-xxii + 1-578, Pls. 1-103. BHL
• Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. 2011: Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275 

Links

• Acestrorhynchidae  and its species in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012.
• Genera of Acestrorhynchidae (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes,
  Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed) (2013). Catalog of Fishes electronic version.

Vernacular names

català: Acestrorínquid
English: Smallscale pike characins
lietuvių: Plėšrieji characidai

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