Acestrorhamphinae
| Acestrorhamphinae | |
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| Oligosarcus hepsetus, which, as Hydrocyon hepsetus, is the type species of the genus Acestrorhamphus. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Characiformes |
| Family: | Acestrorhamphidae |
| Subfamily: | Acestrorhamphinae C. H. Eigenmann, 1907 |
| Type genus | |
| Acestrorhamphus C. H. Eigenmann & C. H. Kennedy, 1903
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Acestrorhamphinae is a subfamily of freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Acestrorhamphidae, the American characins. The fishes in this subfamily are found in South America, Central America and southern North America.