Cnesterodontini
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| Cnesterodontini | |
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| Cnesterodon decemmaculatus | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cyprinodontiformes |
| Family: | Poeciliidae |
| Subfamily: | Poeciliinae |
| Tribe: | Cnesterodontini 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]