Ceratobranchia

Ceratobranchia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Characiformes
Family: Stevardiidae
Subfamily: Diapominae
Genus: Ceratobranchia
C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
Type species
Ceratobranchia obtusirostris
C. H. Eigenmann 1914

Ceratobranchia is a genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Stevardiidae. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America.

Species

Ceratobranchia contains the following valid species:

References

  1. 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Diapominae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 12 September 2025.
  2. ↑ Thomaz, A.T.; Arcila, D.; Ortí, G.; Malabarba, L.R. (2015). "Molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Stevardiinae Gill, 1858 (Characiformes: Characidae): classification and the evolution of reproductive traits". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 15 (1) 146. Bibcode:2015BMCEE..15..146T. doi:10.1186/s12862-015-0403-4. PMC 4509481. PMID 26195030.
  3. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Ceratobranchia". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 September 2025.