Cnesterodontini

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]

Cnesterodontini
Cnesterodon decemmaculatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cyprinodontiformes
Family:	Poeciliidae
Subfamily:	Poeciliinae
Tribe:	Cnesterodontini Hubbs, 1924[1]

Genera

The following genera are included within the tribe:^[2]

• Cnesterodon Garman, 1895
• Phalloceros Eigenmann, 1907
• Phalloptychus Eigenmann, 1907
• Phallotorynus Henn, 1916
• Tomeurus Eigenmann, 1909

Other workers include only Cnestrodon, Phallotorynus and Phalloceros while putting Tomerues in its own tribe, the Tomeurini, and Phalloptychus into a new tribe called Girardinini along with the genera Girardinus, Phallichthys, Xenophallus and Poeciliopsis.^[3]