Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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
Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Agoniatinae
Genus: Agoniates
Species: A. anchovia – A. halecinus
Name
Agoniates Müller & Troschel, 1845
Type species: Agoniates halecinus Müller & Troschel, 1845
References
Dagosta, F.C.P.; Datovo, A. 2013: Monophyly of the Agoniatinae (Characiformes: Characidae). Zootaxa 3646(3): 265–276. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3646.3.5 Reference page.
Müller, J. & Troschel, F. H.; 1845: Horae Ichthyologicae. Beschreibung und Abbildung neuer Fische. Die Familie der Characinen. Erstes und Zweites Heft. Berlin. 1 & 2: 1–40, Pls. 1-11.
Agoniates is genus of characiform fishes from tropical South America.
Species
There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[2]
Agoniates anchovia C. H. Eigenmann, 1914
Agoniates halecinus J. P. Müller & Troschel, 1845
References
Oliveira, C., Avelino, G.S., Abe, K.T., Mariguela, T.C., Benine, R.C., Orti, G., Vari, R.P., & Correa e Castro, R.M. (2011): Phylogenetic relationships within the speciose family Characidae (Teleostei: Ostariophysi: Characiformes) based on multilocus analysis and extensive ingroup sampling. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 11: 275. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-11-275
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). Species of Agoniates in FishBase. April 2013 version.
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