Megalamphodinae | |
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black phantom tetra (Megalamphodus megalopterus),the type species of the genus Megalamphodus . | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Characiformes |
Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
Subfamily: | Megalamphodinae Carvalho, Lima & Melo, 2024 [1] |
Type genus | |
Megalamphodus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915 [2] | |
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.
Megalamphodinae contains the following genera: [2]