Chilodontidae (fishes)

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Chilodontidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Characiformes
Superfamily: Anostomoidea
Family: Chilodontidae
Genus

Caenotropus
Chilodus
This article is about the vertebrate family of ray-finned fishes. For the gastropod family, see Chilodontidae (gastropods).

The Chilodontidae is a small family of ray-finned fishes found in South America. There are only two genera and around 8 species in this family.

This family is closely related to Anostomidae and is sometimes treated as a subfamily, Chilodontinae within the Anostomidae family.

[edit] Species

There are 8 species in two genera:

  • Genus Caenotropus Günther, 1864.
    • Caenotropus labyrinthicus (Kner, 1858).
    • Caenotropus maculosus (Eigenmann, 1912).
    • Caenotropus mestomorgmatos Vari, Castro and Raredon, 1995.
    • Caenotropus schizodon Scharcansky & de Lucena, 2007.
  • Genus Chilodus Müller and Troschel, 1844.
    • Chilodus fritillus Vari and Ortega, 1997.
    • Chilodus gracilis Isbrücker and Nijssen, 1988.
    • Chilodus punctatus Müller and Troschel, 1844.
    • Chilodus zunevei Puyo, 1946.

[edit] References

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