Diapominae

Diapominae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Diapominae ; C. H. Eigenmann, 1909
Type genus
	Diapoma; Cope,

Last updated September 12, 2025

Diapominae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The subfamily comprises genera which were previously classified in the family Characidae, but this was split into multiple families in 2024. They are found in South and Central America.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Genera

Diapominae contains the following genera:^[2]

Attonitus Vari & Ortega, 2000
Aulixidens Böhlke, 1952
Boehlkea Géry, 1966
Bryconacidnus Myers, 1929
Bryconamericus Eigenmann, 1907
Ceratobranchia Eigenmann, 1914
Diapoma Cope, 1894
Knodus Eigenmann, 1911
Monotocheirodon Eigenmann & Pearson, 1924
Othonocheirodus Myers, 1927
Phallobrycon Menezes, Ferreira & Netto-Ferreira, 2009
Piabarchus Myers, 1928
Piabina Reinhardt, 1867
Rhinobrycon Myers, 1944
Rhinopetitia Géry, 1964

References

1 2 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.
1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapomonae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 September 2025.
↑ Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; Carvalho, Fernando R; Lima, Flavio C T; Mattox, George M T; Souza, Camila S; Faria, Tiago C; Reia, Lais; Roxo, Fabio F; Valdez-Moreno, Martha; Near, Thomas J; Oliveira, Claudio (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1): zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. ISSN 0024-4082.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 May 2025.

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[VDLEF-1] 1 2 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.

[Cof_family-2] 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapomonae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 September 2025.

[:0-3] Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; Carvalho, Fernando R; Lima, Flavio C T; Mattox, George M T; Souza, Camila S; Faria, Tiago C; Reia, Lais; Roxo, Fabio F; Valdez-Moreno, Martha; Near, Thomas J; Oliveira, Claudio (2024-09-01). "Phylogenomics of Characidae, a hyper-diverse Neotropical freshwater fish lineage, with a phylogenetic classification including four families (Teleostei: Characiformes)" . Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 202 (1): zlae101. doi:10.1093/zoolinnean/zlae101. ISSN 0024-4082.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)

[CofFF-4] Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 4 May 2025.

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