Megalamphodinae

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Megalamphodinae
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black phantom tetra (Megalamphodus megalopterus),the type species of the genus Megalamphodus .
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Family: Acestrorhamphidae
Subfamily: Megalamphodinae
Carvalho, Lima & Melo, 2024 [1]
Type genus
Megalamphodus
Genera

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Megalamphodinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this subfamily are known as red tetras and are found in South America.

Genera

Megalamphodinae contains the following genera: [2]

References

  1. Melo, Bruno F; Ota, Rafaela P; Benine, Ricardo C; et al. (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.
  2. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Acestrorhamphidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 8 October 2025.