Pristellinae
| Pristellinae | |
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| Pristella maxillaris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pristellinae Géry & Boutière, 1964[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Pristella[1] C. H. Eigenmann, 1870[2]
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| Genera | |
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Pristellinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America.
Genera
Pristellinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Gymnocorymbus C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
- Hemigrammus Gill, 1858
- Pristella C. H. Eigenmann, 1908
References
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Pristellinae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 24 October 2025.