Xenurobryconinae

Xenurobryconinae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Stevardiidae
Subfamily:	Xenurobryconinae ; Myers & Böhlke, 1956
Type genus
	Xenurobrycon; Myers & P. Miranda Ribeiro, 1945

Last updated September 02, 2025

Xenurobryconinae 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

Xenurobryconinae contains the following genera:^[2]

Iotabrycon Roberts, 1973
Ptychocharax Weitzman, S. V. Fink, Machado-Allison & Royero, 1994
Scopaeocharax Weitzman & S. V. Fink, 1985
Tyttocharax Fowler, 1913
Xenurobrycon Myers & P. Miranda Ribeiro, 1945

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 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenurobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.
↑ Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.
↑ 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.
↑ 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 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Xenurobryconinae". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 September 2025.

[:13-3] Fricke, R.; Eschmeyer, W. N.; Van der Laan, R. (2025). "ESCHMEYER'S CATALOG OF FISHES: CLASSIFICATION". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 2025-02-10.

[:0-4] 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.

[CofFF-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.

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