Empetrichthyinae is a subfamily of fishes, one of two subfamilies that make up the family Goodeidae.[1]

Empetrichthyinae
Temporal range: Pliocene–present
Empetrichthys latos
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cyprinodontiformes
Family: Goodeidae
Subfamily: Empetrichthyinae
Jordan, Evermann & Clark, 1930[1][2]

The earliest fossil empetrichthyine is Empetrichthys erdisi from the Miocene or Pliocene of California.[3][4]

Genera

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There are two genera within the subfamily Empetrichthyinae:[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c J. S. Nelson; T. C. Grande; M. V. H. Wilson (2016). Fishes of the World (5th ed.). Wiley. p. 373. ISBN 978-1-118-34233-6. Archived from the original on 2019-04-08. Retrieved 2019-09-17.
  2. ^ Richard van der Laan; William N. Eschmeyer & Ronald Fricke (2014). "Family-group names of Recent fishes". Zootaxa. 3882 (2): 001–230. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1. PMID 25543675.
  3. ^ Webb, Shane A.; Graves, Jefferson A.; Macias-Garcia, Constantino; Magurran, Anne E.; Foighil, Diarmaid Ó; Ritchie, Michael G. (2004-03-01). "Molecular phylogeny of the livebearing Goodeidae (Cyprinodontiformes)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 30 (3): 527–544. doi:10.1016/S1055-7903(03)00257-4. ISSN 1055-7903.
  4. ^ Jimenez, Miguel; Goodchild, Shawn C.; Stockwell, Craig A.; Lema, Sean C. (2017-08-30). "Characterization and phylogenetic analysis of complete mitochondrial genomes for two desert cyprinodontoid fishes, Empetrichthys latos and Crenichthys baileyi". Gene. 626: 163–172. doi:10.1016/j.gene.2017.05.023. ISSN 0378-1119.