Pristellinae
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| Pristellinae | |
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| Pristella maxillaris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Pristellinae Géry & Boutière, 1964[1] |
| Type genus | |
| Pristella[1] C. H. Eigenmann, 1870[2] | |
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Pristellinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America.