Agoniates

Agoniates
Agoniates halecinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Triportheidae
Subfamily:	Agoniatinae Bleeker, 1859
Genus:	Agoniates J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845 [1]
Type species
Agoniates halecinus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845 [1]

Agoniates is genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triportheidae, the hatchet characins or keeled characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agoniatinae. ^[1]

The genus Lignobrycon, which is classified in the subfamily Triportheinae by some authorities, ^{[2] [3]} but others classify it in this subfamily. ^[4]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus: ^{[5] [6]}

• Agoniates anchovia C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
• Agoniates halecinus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845

References

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Triportheidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 Jun 2025.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Lignobrycon myersi". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences.
3. Malabarba, Maria (1998). "Phylogeny of Fossil Characiformes and Paleobiogeography of the Tremembé Formation, São Paulo, Brazil". In L. R. Malabarba; R. E. Reis; R. P. Vari; Z. M. S. de Lucena; and C. A. S. de Lucena (eds.). Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: Edipucrs.
4. Christopher Scharpf (10 May 2025). "Family TRIPORTHEIDAE Fowler 1940 (Keeled Characins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Agoniates". FishBase . April 2013 version.
6. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Agoniates". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 August 2025.