Clupeacharacinae
| Clupeacharacinae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Triportheidae |
| Subfamily: | Clupeacharacinae Fowler, 1958 |
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Clupeacharacinae, the herring characins, 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
Clupeacharacinae has the following genera classified within it:
- Clupeacharax Pearson, 1924
- Engraulisoma Castro, 1981
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.
- 1 2 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Clupeacharacinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 August 2025.