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Chedrinae

Chedrinae, the troutbarbs, is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. The fishes in this subfamily are found in Asia and Africa.

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Length
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Chedrinae
Temporal range:
Opsarius pulchellus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Danionidae
Subfamily: Chedrinae
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Chedrinae, the troutbarbs, is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Danionidae, the danionins or danios. The fishes in this subfamily are found in Asia and Africa.

Genera

Chedrinae contains the following genera:2

The following fossil genus is also known:

  • Proluciosoma Roberts & Jumnongthai, 1999 (mid-late Miocene of Thailand)3
References

References

  1. Van der Laan, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Fricke, R. (11 November 2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa Monograph. 3882: 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Chedrinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 28 January 2025.
  3. Roberts, Tyson R.; Jumnongthai, Junya (1999). ""Miocene fishes from Lake Phetchabun in north central Thailand, with descriptions of new taxa of Cyprinidae, Pangasiidae, and Chandidae."" (PDF). Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society. 47: 153–189. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-02-09. Retrieved 2017-02-07.