Stevardiinae

Stevardiinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Stevardiinae ; Gill, 1958
Type genus
	Stevardia ; Gill, 1858

Last updated December 20, 2025

Stevardiinae 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]^[2]

Genera

Stevardiinae contains the following genera:^[2]

Chrysobrycon Weitzman & Menezes, 1998
Corynopoma Gill, 1858
Gephyrocharax C. H. Eigenmann, 1912
Hysteronotus C. H. Eigenmann, 1911
Pseudocorynopoma Perugia, 1891
Pterobrycon C. H. Eigenmann, 1913
Varicharax Vanegas-Ríos, Faustino-Fuster, Meza-Vargas & Ortega, 2020

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 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.
↑ 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.

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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 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

[Cof_family2-3] Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Stevardiidae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 September 2025.

[:0-4] 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.

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