Acestrocephalus

Acestrocephalus
Acestrocephalus anomalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae
Genus:	Acestrocephalus C. H. Eigenmann, 1910 [1]
Type species
Xiphorhamphus anomalus Steindachner, 1880 [1]

Acestrocephalus is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in South America.

Species

Acestrocephalus contains the following valid species: ^[2]

• Acestrocephalus acutus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus anomalus (Steindachner, 1880)
• Acestrocephalus boehlkei Menezes, 1977
• Acestrocephalus maculosus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus nigrifasciatus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus pallidus Menezes, 2006
• Acestrocephalus sardina (Fowler, 1913)
• Acestrocephalus stigmatus Menezes, 2006

References

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Acestrocephalus". FishBase . October 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Acestrocephalus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 October 2025.