Bryconidae
| Bryconidae Temporal range:
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| Two large bryconids in Bonito: Salminus brasiliensis (foreground) and Brycon hilarii (background) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Suborder: | Characoidei |
| Superfamily: | Characoidea |
| Family: | Bryconidae Eigenmann, 1912 |
| Type genus | |
| Brycon Müller & Troschel, 1844
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| Subfamilies | |
Bryconidae, also known as bryconids, is a family of freshwater fishes belonging to the order Characiformes. They are native to South America.[1] Some species reach particularly large sizes for characins, with Salminus franciscanus being one of the largest characiforms overall.[2]
Genera:[3]
- Family Bryconidae Eigenmann, 1912
- Subfamily Bryconinae Eigenmann, 1912
- Genus Brycon Müller & Troschel, 1844
- Genus Chilobrycon Géry & de Rham, 1981
- Genus Henochilus Garman, 1890
- Subfamily Salmininae Cockerell, 1915
- Subfamily Bryconinae Eigenmann, 1912
The earliest known fossil member of this group is †Brycon avus (Woodward, 1898) from the Oligocene-aged Tremembé Formation of Brazil.[4][5] A slightly older potential specimen of B. avus is also known from the Late Eocene/Early Oligocene of the Aiuruoca Basin.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Bryconidae". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- ^ Lima, Flávio C. T.; Britski, Heraldo A. (2007). "Salminus franciscanus, a new species from the rio São Francisco basin, Brazil (Ostariophysi: Characiformes: Characidae)". Neotropical Ichthyology. 5 (3): 237–244. doi:10.1590/S1679-62252007000300001. ISSN 1679-6225.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Bryconidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 29 April 2025.
- ^ Abe, Kelly T.; Mariguela, Tatiane C.; Avelino, Gleisy S.; Foresti, Fausto; Oliveira, Claudio (2014-07-08). "Systematic and historical biogeography of the Bryconidae (Ostariophysi: Characiformes) suggesting a new rearrangement of its genera and an old origin of Mesoamerican ichthyofauna". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 14 (1): 152. Bibcode:2014BMCEE..14..152A. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-14-152. ISSN 1471-2148. PMC 4109779. PMID 25005252.
- ^ Malabarba, Maria Cláudia S. L. (1998). "Phylogeny of Fossil Characiformes and Paleobiogeography of the Tremembé Formation, São Paulo, Brazil.". Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes. Part 1 - Fossils and Geological Evidence (PDF). pp. 69–84.
- ^ Malabarba, María Claudia de S. L. (2004). "On the paleoichthyofauna from the Aiuruoca Tertiary Basin, Minas Gerais State, Brazil". Ameghiniana (in Spanish). 41 (4): 515–519. ISSN 1851-8044.
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