Astronotinae
| Astronotinae | |
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| The oscar is certainly the best-known member in the subfamily | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cichliformes |
| Family: | Cichlidae |
| Subfamily: | Astronotinae Kullander, 1998 |
| Genera | |
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3 genera, 6 species | |
The Astronotinae are a subfamily of cichlids from South America, where they are found in the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná, and Paraguay River basins, and various rivers in the Guianas. The subfamily includes three genera, each with two species. Although in other classifications all three genera are placed in the subfamily Cichlinae with Astronotus being the only genus in the monogeneric tribe Astronotini of the subfamily Cichlinae and the other two genera being placed in the tribe Cichlini.[1]
Genera[]
The following three genera are classified in this subfamily by FishBase:[2]
References[]
- ^ Wm. Leo Smith; Prosanta Chakrabarty; John S. Sparks (2008). "Phylogeny, taxonomy, and evolution of Neotropical cichlids (Teleostei: Cichlidae: Cichlinae)". Cladistics. 24 (5): 624–641. doi:10.1111/j.1096-0031.2008.00210.x. Abstract
- ^ Froese, R.; D. Pauly, eds. (June 2018). "Astronotinae". FishBase.
Categories:
- Cichlid fish of South America
- Fish subfamilies
- Taxa named by Sven O. Kullander
- Cichlidae