Megalamphodinae
Subfamily of fishes
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Megalamphodinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American tetras. The fishes in this subfamily are known as red tetras and are found in South America.
| Megalamphodinae | |
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| black phantom tetra (Megalamphodus megalopterus),the type species of the genus Megalamphodus. | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Megalamphodinae Carvalho, Lima & Melo, 2024[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Megalamphodus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915[2] | |
| Genera | |
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Genera
Megalamphodinae contains the following genera:[2]
- Axelrodia Géry, 1965
- Brittanichthys Géry, 1965
- Makunaima Terán, Benitez & Mirande, 2020
- Megalamphodus C. H. Eigenmann, 1915
- Paracheirodon Géry, 1960
- Petitella Géry & Boutière, 1964