From: Morphology, molecules and the phylogeny of Characidae (Teleostei, Characiformes)
Juan Marcos Mirande
Cladistics (2018) 1–19 10.1111/cla.12345
Table 2
Subfamilial status of the 141 genera of Characidae recognized in this study. Taxa with an asterisk were not examined herein, but some of them are attributed to a subfamily from information in the literature.
Subfamilies of Characidae
- Aphyocharacinae: Aphyocharacidium, Aphyocharax, Leptagoniates, Paragoniates, Phenagoniates, Xenagoniates;
- Characinae: Acanthocharax*, Acestrocephalus, Charax, Cynopotamus, Galeocharax, Microschemobrycon, Phenacogaster, Priocharax*, Roeboides.
- Cheirodontinae: Acinocheirodon, Aphyocheirodon, Cheirodon, Cheirodontops*, Compsura, Ctenocheirodon*, Heterocheirodon, Kolpotocheirodon, Macropsobrycon, Nanocheirodon, Odontostilbe, Prodontocharax, Protocheirodon, Pseudocheirodon, Saccoderma, Serrapinnus;
- Exodontinae: Bryconexodon, Exodon, Roeboexodon;
- Spintherobolinae: Amazonspinther, Atopomesus, Spintherobolus;
- Stethaprioninae: Astyanax, Bario, Brachychalcinus, Brittanichthys, Bryconella, Carlana, Coptobrycon, Ctenobrycon, Deuterodon, Ectrepopterus, Erythrocharax, Grundulus, Gymnocharacinus, Gymnocorymbus, Hemigrammus, Hollandichthys, Holoshesthes, Hyphessobrycon, Inpaichthys, Moenkhausia, Myxiops, Nematobrycon, Oligosarcus, Orthospinus, Paracheirodon, Parastremma*, Parecbasis, Petitella, Phycocharax, Poptella, Pristella, Probolodus, Psellogrammus, Rachoviscus, Rhoadsia, Stethaprion, Stichonodon, Stygichthys, Thayeria;
- Stevardiinae: Acrobrycon, Argopleura, Attonitus, Boehlkea*, Bryconacidnus, Bryconamericus, Caiapobrycon*, Carlastyanax, Ceratobranchia, Chrysobrycon, Corynopoma, Creagrutus, Cyanogaster, Diapoma, Eretmobrycon, Gephyrocharax, Glandulocauda, Hemibrycon, Histeronotus*, Hypobrycon, Iotabrycon*, Knodus, Landonia*, Lepidocharax, Lophiobrycon, Markiana, Microgenys, Mimagoniates, Monotocheirodon*, Nantis, Odontostoechus, Othonocheirodus*, Piabarchus, Piabina, Planaltina, Phallobrycon*, Phenacobrycon*, Pseudocorynopoma, Pterobrycon*, Ptychocharax*,
Rhinobrycon, Rhinopetitia*, Scopaeocharax*, Tyttocharax, Xenurobrycon;
- Tetragonopterinae: Tetragonopterus;
- incertae sedis: Axelrodia, †Bryconetes, Dectobrycon*, Genycharax*, Hasemania, Leptobrycon*, †Megacheirodon*, Mixobrycon*, Oligobrycon*, Oxybrycon*, †Paleotetra, Parapristella*, Schultzites*, Scissor*, Serrabrycon*, Thrissobrycon*, Trochilocharax*, Tyttobrycon*, Tucanoichthys*