Characidiinae

Characidiinae
Characidium fasciatum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Crenuchidae
Subfamily:	Characidiinae Fowler, 1932 [1]

Characidiinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-fnned fishes, one of two subfamilies belonging to the family Crenuchidae, the South American darters. The fishes in this subfamily are found in the Neotropics.

Genera

Characidiinae contains the following genera: ^[2]

• Ammocryptocharax Weitzman & Kanazawa, 1976
• Characidium Reinhardt, 1867
• Elachocharax Myers, 1927
• Klausewitzia Géry, 1965
• Melanocharacidium Buckup, 1993
• Microcharacidium Buckup, 1993
• Odontocharacidium Buckup, 1993
• Skiotocharax Presswell, Weitzman & Bergquist, 2000

References

1. 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.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Characidiinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 June 2025.