Acestrorhamphinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America, Central America and southern North America.
| Acestrorhamphinae | |
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| Oligosarcus hepsetus, which, as Hydrocyon hepsetus, is the type species of the genus Acestrorhamphus. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Acestrorhamphinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Acestrorhamphus[1] C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903[2] | |
| Genera | |
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Genera
editAcestrorhamphinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Andromakhe Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020
- Astyanax Baird & Girard, 1854
- Ctenobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Oligosarcus Günther, 1864
- Psalidodon C. H. Eigenmann, 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 Acestrorhamphinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2025.