| Characinae | |
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| Charax stenopterus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Characidae |
| Subfamily: | Characinae Latreille, 18251 |
| Type genus2 | |
| Charax1 Scopoli, 1777
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| Synonyms2 | |
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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
References
- 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.
- 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.