Triporthidae

Triporthidae is a family of characiform fishes,[1] including about 23 species. This family was raised from the status of a subfamily to family based on extensive analysis of characiform species.

Triporthidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Characiformes
Family:
Triporthidae

Fowler, 1940
Genera

Agoniates
Clupeacharax
Engraulisoma
Lignobrycon
Triportheus

References
  1. Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. (2011): Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275


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