Characinae

Characinae
Charax stenopterus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Characinae Latreille, 1825 [1]
Type genus
Charax [1] Scopoli, 1777 [2]
Synonyms [2]
Characinus Lacépède, 1803 Epicyrtus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1844 Anacyrtus Günther, 1864 Asiphonichthys Cope, 1894 Moralesia Fowler, 1943 Charaxodon Fernández-Yépez, 1947 Moralesicus Fowler, 1958

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

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 Characinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 October 2025.