Agoniates
Genus of fishes
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Agoniates is genus of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Triportheidae, the hatchet characins or keeled characins. The fishes in this genus are found in tropical South America. It is the only genus in the subfamily Agoniatinae.[1]
| Agoniates | |
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| Agoniates halecinus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Triportheidae |
| Subfamily: | Agoniatinae Bleeker, 1859 |
| Genus: | Agoniates J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845[1] |
| Type species | |
| Agoniates halecinus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845[1] | |
The genus Lignobrycon is classified in the subfamily Triportheinae by some authorities,[2][3] but others classify it in this subfamily.[4]
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[5][6]
- Agoniates anchovia C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
- Agoniates halecinus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845
