Triportheinae
| Triportheinae | |
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| Triportheus albus, the type species of Triportheus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Triportheidae |
| Subfamily: | Fowler, 1940[1] |
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Triportheinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triportheidae, the hatchet characins or keeled characins. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America.
Genera
Triportheinae has the following genera classified within it:[2]
- Lignobrycon C. H. Eigenmann & G. S. Myers, 1929
- Triportheus Cope, 1872
The genus Lignonrycon is classified in this subfamily by some authorities,[3][4] but others classify it in the subfamily Agoniatinae.[5]
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 1–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Triportheinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Lignobrycon myersi". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences.
- ^ Malabarba, Maria (1998). "Phylogeny of Fossil Characiformes and Paleobiogeography of the Tremembé Formation, São Paulo, Brazil". In L. R. Malabarba; R. E. Reis; R. P. Vari; Z. M. S. de Lucena; and C. A. S. de Lucena (eds.). Phylogeny and classification of neotropical fishes. Porto Alegre: Edipucrs.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf (10 May 2025). "Family TRIPORTHEIDAE Fowler 1940 (Keeled Characins)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf. Retrieved 13 August 2025.