Landoninae

Landoninae
Markiana nigripinnis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Landoninae Weitzman & Menezes, 1998 [1]
Type genus
Landonia [1] C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914 [2]

Landoninae 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. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Genera

Landoninae contains the following genera: ^[2]

• Eretmobrycon Fink, 1976
• Landonia C. H. Eigenmann & Henn, 1914
• Markiana C. H. Eigenmann, 1903
• Phenacobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1922

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 Landoninae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 29 August 2025.
3. Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
4. 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.
5. 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.