Aphyocharacinae

Aphyocharacinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes, characins, belonging to the family Characidae. The fishes in this subfamily are referred to as glass characins.^[3] The fishes included in this subfamily are found in South America, mainly in the basins of the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers but with some species extending to the west of the Andes and others as far south as the Paraguay River. The taxa within this subfamily have a apomorphy of having two dorsal fin rays attached to the first dorsal pterygophore.^[1]

Aphyocharacinae
Bloodfin tetra (Aphyocharax anisitsi)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Characiformes
Family:	Characidae
Subfamily:	Aphyocharacinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1909[1]
Type genus
Aphyocharax[1] Günther, 1868[2]
Genera[2]
see text

Genera

Aphyocharacinae contains the following genera:^[2]

• Amazonichthys Esguícero & Mendonça, 2023
• Aphyocharacidium Géry, 1960
• Aphyocharax Günther, 1868
• Cyanogaster Mattox, Britz, Toledo-Piza & Marinho, 2013
• Leptagoniates Boulenger, 1887
• Paragoniates Steindachner, 1876
• Phenagoniates C. H. Eigenmann & C. B. Wilson, 1914
• Prionobrama Fowler, 1913
• Xenagoniates Myers, 1942