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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

Familia: Characidae
Subfamilia: Cheirodontinae
Genus: Heterocheirodon
Species: H. jacuiensis – H. yatai
Name

Heterocheirodon Malabarba, 1998

Type species: Odontostilbe yatai (Casciotta, Miquelarena & Protogino, 1992). Type by original designation.
References
Primary references

Malabarba, L.R. 1998. Monophyly of the Cheirodontinae, characters and major clades (Ostariophysi: Characidae). Pp. 193–233. In: Malabarba et al. 1998. Reference page.

Links

Heterocheirodon and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Heterocheirodon Malabarba, 1998 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Heterocheirodon species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Heterocheirodon is a genus of characins from South America, with two described species:

Heterocheirodon jacuiensis L. R. Malabarba & Bertaco, 1999
Heterocheirodon yatai (Casciotta, Miquelarena & Protogino, 1992)

References
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Heterocheirodon". FishBase. October 2011 version.

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