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Glass Characins
Aphyocharacinae
Aphyocharacinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this subfamily are referred to as glass characins. The fishes included in this subfamily are found in South America, mainly in the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco rivers, with some species extending to the west of the Andes, and others as far south as the Paraguay River. The taxa within this subfamily have an apomorphy of having two dorsal fin rays attached to the first dorsal pterygiophore.
9 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 25 known species
Aphyocharax
genusAphyocharax
Prionobrama
genusPrionobrama
Paragoniates
genusParagoniates
Slender Tetras
genusPhenagoniates
Cyanogaster
genusCyanogaster
Leptagoniates
genusLeptagoniates
Xenagoniates
genusXenagoniates
Aphyocharacidium
genusAphyocharacidium
Amazonichthys
genusAmazonichthys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 788643.