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Sub Family Astronotinae
  

Introduction

Astronotinae is a subfamily of cichlids from South America, where they are found in the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná and Paraguay river basins, and various rivers in the Guianas.
The subfamily includes three genera, each with two species.

   Genera  
Scientific classification
     
Kingdom : Animalia
Phylum : Chordata
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Perciformes
Suborder : Labroidei
Family : Cichlidae
Sub Family : Astronotinae
Subfamilies

 
Genera Species Images
Astronotus Astronotus ocellatus
Astronotus Astronotus crassipinnis
Chaetobranchopsis Chaetobranchopsis australis
Chaetobranchopsis Chaetobranchopsis orbicularis
Chaetobranchus Chaetobranchus flavescens
Chaetobranchus Chaetobranchus semifasciatus

 

  

Author/Credits

 

   Sandeep Raghuvanshi
Picture Credits   Wikipdeia and other sources which have releases under GNU, unless soecifically credited
CITATIONS/FURTHER READING   Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2011.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 10/2013 )