Chilodontidae (Characiformes)

Chilodontidae (Characiformes)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostomoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Characiformes Superfamilia: Anostomoidea

Familia: Chilodontidae
Genera: Caenotropus – Chilodus

Name

Chilodontidae Eigenmann, 1903

Synonyms

• Chilodidae [incorrect original spelling?]
  • Chilodontidae [corrected spelling]

Type genus

• Chilodus (stem = Chilodont-: χεῖλος, (gen.) χεῖλους, το (neutr.) - "lip", ὀδούς, (gen.) οδοντος, ὁ (masc.) - "tooth": "lip tooth", cf. ὀδών, (gen.) οδοντος, ὁ (masc.) - "tooth", Mastodon, Iguanodon)

References

• Melo, B. F., Sidlauskas, B. L., Hoekzema, K., Vari, R. P. & Oliveira, C. 2013 [epub 2014] The first molecular phylogeny of Chilodontidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) reveals cryptic biodiversity and taxonomic uncertainty. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 70: 286–295. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2013.09.025 . Reference page. 

Links

• Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006. FishBase, version (02/2006). [1]