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Anostomidae Gunther, 1864

114282  (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:114282)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Chordata (Phylum)
  4. Vertebrata (Subphylum)
  5. Actinopterygii (Class)
  6. Characiformes (Order)
  7. Anostomidae (Family)
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  1. Genus Abramites Fowler, 1906
  2. Genus Anostomoides Pellegrin, 1909
  3. Genus Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  4. Genus Brevidens Birindelli, Sidlauskas & Melo in Sidlauskas et al., 2025
  5. Genus Gnathodolus Myers, 1927
  6. Genus Hypomasticus Borodin, 1929
  7. Genus Insperanos Assega, Sidlauskas & Birindelli, 2021
  8. Genus Laemolyta Cope, 1872
  9. Genus Leporellus Lütken, 1875
  10. Genus Leporinus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  11. Genus Megaleporinus Ramirez, Birindelli & Galetti, 2017
  12. Genus Petulanos Sidlauskas & Vari, 2008
  13. Genus Pseudanos Winterbottom, 1980
  14. Genus Rhytiodus Kner, 1858
  15. Genus Sartor Myers & Carvalho, 1959
  16. Genus Schizodon Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  17. Genus Synaptolaemus Myers & Fernández-Yépez in Myers, 1950
  18. Genus Anostoma Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  19. Genus Anostomos Gronow, 1763 (Published in a rejected work (ICZN))
  20. Genus Anostomus Cuvier, 1816 accepted as Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  21. Genus Garmanina Fowler, 1906 accepted as Rhytiodus Kner, 1858
  22. Genus Histiodromus Gistel, 1848 accepted as Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  23. Genus Lahilliella Eigenmann & Kennedy in Eigenmann, 1903 accepted as Schizodon Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  24. Genus Leporinodus Eigenmann, 1922 accepted as Leporellus Lütken, 1875
  25. Genus Leporinops Géry, 1960 accepted as Leporinus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  26. Genus Mormyrorhynchus Agassiz, 1846 accepted as Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  27. Genus Mormyrynchus Swainson, 1839 accepted as Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  28. Genus Myocharax Fowler, 1914 accepted as Leporinus Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  29. Genus Pithecocharax Fowler, 1906 accepted as Anostomus Scopoli, 1777
  30. Genus Schistodon Duméril, 1856 accepted as Schizodon Agassiz in Spix & Agassiz, 1829
  31. Genus Schizodontopsis Garman, 1890 accepted as Laemolyta Cope, 1872
marine, brackish
recent + fossil
Not documented
IRMNG (2024). Anostomidae Gunther, 1864. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=114282 on 2026-06-12
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2006-09-19 22:00:00Z
created
Rees, Tony
2011-12-31 23:00:00Z
changed
Rees, Tony
2023-04-29 13:18:45Z
changed
Girard, Jean-Sébastien

basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details] 

current name source Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes (online version), 2012 version. , available online at https://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details] 

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details] 

habitat flag source FishBase [details] 
Unreviewed
Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Chordata (Phylum) > Vertebrata (Subphylum) > Osteichthyes (Superclass) > Actinopterygii (Class) > Characiformes (Order) > Anostomidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info From FishBase: Freshwater. FishBase flag: All Freshwater. [details]
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