''Astyanacinus'' is a genus of
characin
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s from
South America
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. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
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* '']Astyanacinus moorii
''Astyanacinus'' is a genus of characins from South America. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Astyanacinus moorii'' (George Albert Boulenger, Boulenger, 1892)
* ''Astyanacinus multidens'' Nathan Everett Pearson, N. E. Pears ...
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, 1892)
* ''Astyanacinus multidens
''Astyanacinus'' is a genus of characins from South America. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Astyanacinus moorii'' (Boulenger, 1892)
* '' Astyanacinus multidens'' N. E. Pearson, 1924
* '' Astyanacinus platensis'' Messner ...
'' N. E. Pearson, 1924
* ''Astyanacinus platensis
''Astyanacinus'' is a genus of characins from South America. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Astyanacinus moorii'' (Boulenger, 1892)
* ''Astyanacinus multidens'' N. E. Pearson, 1924
* '' Astyanacinus platensis'' Messner, ...
'' Messner, 1962
* ''Astyanacinus yariguies
''Astyanacinus'' is a genus of characins from South America. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Astyanacinus moorii'' (Boulenger, 1892)
* ''Astyanacinus multidens'' N. E. Pearson, 1924
* ''Astyanacinus platensis'' Messner, ...
'' Torres-Mejia, Hernández
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& Senechal, 2012[Torres-Mejia, M., Hernández, E. & Senechal, V. (2012): A New Species of ''Astyanacinus'' (Characiformes: Characidae) from the Río Magdalena System, Colombia. ''Copeia, 2012 (3): 501-506.'']
References
Rhoadsiini
Taxa named by Carl H. Eigenmann
Fish of South America
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