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: Triportheidae
Subfamiliae: Agoniatinae - Chalcininae - Clupeacharacinae - Triportheinae
Genera: Clupeacharax – Engraulisoma – Triportheus – †Lignobrycon
Name
Triportheidae Fowler, 1940
Type genus: Triportheus Cope, 1872
References
Fowler, H.W. 1940. Zoological results of the second Bolivian expedition for the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1936–1937. Part I. – The fishes. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 92: 43–103. Reference page.
Mariguela, T.C., Roxo, F.F., Foresti, F. & Oliveira, C. 2016 (Online 2015). Phylogeny and biogeography of Triportheidae (Teleostei: Characiformes) based on molecular data. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 96: 130–139. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2015.11.018 Reference page.
Oliveira, C. et al. 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 Reference page.
Triportheidae is a family of characiform fishes, including about 23 species. This family was raised from the status of a subfamily to family based on extensive analysis of characiform species.[1]
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
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