| Taxon | Cnesterodontini |
|---|---|
| Authority | Hubbs, 1924[1] |
Cnesterodontini is a tribe of fishes which are within the subfamily Poeciliinae of the family Poeciliidae.[2] This tribe is distinguished from other tribes in the Poeciliinae by the males having five rays in the pelvic fin, there is a pedicle at the base of the third ray which joins it to the fourth ray, another pedicle at the third rays tip and a membrane there too.[3]
Genera
The following genera are included within the tribe:[2]
- Cnesterodon Garman, 1895
- Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907
- Phalloptychus Eigenmann, 1907
- Phallotorynus Henn, 1916
- Tomeurus Eigenmann, 1909
Other workers include only Cnestrodon, Phallotorynus and Phalloceros while putting Tomerues in its own tribe, the Tomeurini, and Phalloptychus into a new tribe called Girardinini along with the genera Girardinus, Phallichthys, Xenophallus and Poeciliopsis.[3]
References
- ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer; & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675
- ^ J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World. 5th ed. Wiley. p. 380. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
- ^ Paulo Henrique Franco Lucinda & Roberto E. Reis (2005). "Systematics of the subfamily Poeciliinae Bonaparte (Cyprinodontiformes: Poeciliidae), with an emphasis on the tribe Cnesterodontini Hubbs". Neotropical Ichthyology. 3 (1): 1–60. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252005000100001