Triportheidae

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Triportheidae
Scientific classification
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Triporthidae

Fowler, 1940
Genera

Agoniates
Clupeacharax
Engraulisoma
Lignobrycon
Triportheus

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.

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