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Cheirodontines
Cheirodontinae
Cheirodontinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this genus are found in the Neotropics as far north as Costa Rica and in South America. They are absent from the Pacific drainages of South America except for four species in the genus Cheirodon that are endemic to southern Chile. Some authorities split this subfamily into two tribes, Cheirodontini and Composurini, based on the males' reproductive characteristics. However,...
18 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 67 known species
Cheirodon
genusCheirodon
Odontostilbe
genusOdontostilbe
Holoshesthes
genusHoloshesthes
Mini Tetras
genusSerrapinnus
Compsura
genusCompsura
Protocheirodon
genusProtocheirodon
Nanocheirodon
genusNanocheirodon
Pseudocheirodon
genusPseudocheirodon
Saccoderma
genusSaccoderma
Acinocheirodon
genusAcinocheirodon
Aphyocheirodon
genusAphyocheirodon
Cheirodontops
genusCheirodontops
Heterocheirodon
genusHeterocheirodon
Kolpotocheirodon
genusKolpotocheirodon
Ctenocheirodon
genusCtenocheirodon
Amblystilbe
genusAmblystilbe
Prodontocharax
genusProdontocharax
Macropsobrycon
genusMacropsobrycon
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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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 788646.